by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Security and Legal
Military risks immediately spring to mind: a recent report found that even the Pentagon’s latest advanced military systems are vulnerable and can be “easily hacked”. By Thomas Mangwiro: public sector security specialist at Mimecast The consequences...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The world is undergoing its biggest transformation ever. As emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) enter workplaces, human talent is grappling with an existential crisis. By Ronnie Toerien, HCM sales development and strategy leader at Oracle Africa...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Innovation
Teaching entrepreneurship in schools usually extends to bake sales and market days. While these are great ways to teach children about product development, budgeting, finance, and profit and loss, they don’t encourage true entrepreneurial thinking. We need to focus on...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Sustainability
South Africa’s shift to renewable energy is moving at a slow pace, however there are some small communities which have already been integrated into renewables and are predicted to be the future of energy. Communities in the remote areas of the country have opted for...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Innovation
Ask clients a few years ago what concerned them most about data backups and it was universally about volumes. By Servaas Venter, sales director: data protection solutions at Dell EMC SA The amount of data they had to manage seemed insurmountable. I could see that for...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Featured Articles
The banking and financial services industries are being disrupted by a range of new and innovative fintechs. Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode, offers fintech predictions for 2019 based on what...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Innovation
The UN has declared Internet access a basic human right, but tens of millions of Africans still remain unconnected. Looking to change this scenario, though, is a newly-formed South African company – Innova HTS. Founded by Rob Griggs, former executive MD of Bytes...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Features
2018 was full of surprises. 2019 will have many more. Andries Brink, CEO of Andile Solutions, ventured a few educated guesses on what we will be talking about in 2019 – and he starts by leaving the planet: “2019 will mark a return to the Moon with nations like...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Workplace 2020
What would you do if you didn’t need the money? It’s not a question we often give much serious thought to, but it may very well be one that we need to answer in the next few decades. By Paige dos Santos, digital lead at SAP Africa The advent of the internet was...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 15, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The dangers of alcohol abuse are well documented, and there is no shortage of adverts that highlight the risks of drinking alcohol, particularly around driving under the influence. It is even more prevalent during peak holiday seasons, highlighting the link between...
