by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2020 | Innovation
The next three years do not look like the new normal they look like the never normal, writes Marcel Rossouw, Group Director for Fjord Johannesburg. It is not a pessimistic way of describing it but a realistic way, and it means that we need to think long and hard about...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2020 | Workplace 2020
As the worldwide medical industry continues to scrutinise the Covid-19 pandemic and trials for vaccines, anti-bodies and potential cures are put through their paces, hospitals, schools and households are urged to disinfect high-touch surfaces to lower any risk of...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2020 | Innovation
When the outbreak of Covid-19 and subsequent lockdown forced South Africans to stay indoors, there was a sudden but expected migration towards online shopping, writes Carol Nkosi, Senior Provincial Manager, Old Mutual Mass Foundation Cluster. A report by Nielsen shows...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 13, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Lawrence Mavundla, struggle veteran, entrepreneur and champion of small businesses, has been elected as Chairman of the Free Market Foundation at the first meeting of the new board following its election at the FMF 2020 AGM on 29 July. He is supported as deputy by...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 12, 2020 | Innovation
The Internet Society, a global non-profit organisation that promotes the development and use of an open, globally connected and secure Internet has launched the first-ever regulatory assessment toolkit that defines the critical properties needed to protect and enhance...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 11, 2020 | Security and Legal
Under the best economic circumstances, paying for legal services can be difficult for small businesses and startups, writes NJ Ayuk, CEO, Centurion Law Group. With the COVID-19 pandemic currently wreaking havoc on the global economy — and companies’ cash flow —...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 11, 2020 | Security and Legal
This has been a year of disruption, confusion and now a new ‘normal’. COVID-19 is here for the foreseeable future and, according to Pierre Aurel, Senior Consultant and Product Manager at Synthesis Software Technologies, that means humans need to adapt to new...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 11, 2020 | Sustainability
With economic uncertainty levels reaching an all-time high, it’s necessary to find creative and resilient ways to reduce budgets while boosting the bottom line, notes Jaco Richards, PD Service and Business Development Manager at Eaton South Africa. Preventive...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2020 | Security and Legal
The events of 2020 have opened the world’s eyes to digital transformation as never before, notes Lillian Barnard, Managing Director of Microsoft South Africa. Despite many people not being aware of the term, remote learning, working and socialising has seen people...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2020 | Featured Articles
If entrepreneurship, as defined by the Young African Leaders Initiative, is the “ability and willingness to develop, organise and manage a business venture to make a profit”, techpreneurship or technopreneurship is simply the application of entrepreneurship in the...
