Data availability key to attracting talent

Data availability key to attracting talent

By Gregg Petersen Technological innovation and the emergence of the millennial generation are closely entwined. Few superlatives can accurately sum up the sheer extent to which technology has fundamentally altered the way we live and work, both as consumers and...
The role of the digital humanist

The role of the digital humanist

By John Tadman, MD, Avanade SA Just as the industrial revolution fundamentally changed society during the 18th and 19th centuries, ubiquitous connectivity and real-time access to enormous data sets means that today’s teenagers will end up working in roles that do not...
African fintech is disruptive, unstoppable

African fintech is disruptive, unstoppable

By Dominique Collett Fintech is disrupting the way ordinary Africans manage and use money – and these fintech players are standing up to traditional institutions as a force to be reckoned with. Accenture estimates that over one-third of mainstream financial...
New threats drive growing GRC role

New threats drive growing GRC role

Kathy Gibson reports from SAPInsider in Viennan June 2016 – The governance, risk and compliance (GRC) landscape brings unique challenges to a diverse range of end user customers. These include increased regulatory compliance; changing economic and political...
New role for finance in digital world

New role for finance in digital world

Kathy Gibson at SAPInsider in Vienna June 2016 – In the new world of digitalisation, the systems traditionally associated with finance are not the only ones relevant to the finance role.Digital finance is about creating realtime continuous processes with no manual...
Mbombe 8 for global defence market

Mbombe 8 for global defence market

Paramount Group, the African-based global defence and aerospace company, recently unveiled a new generation 8×8 (eight wheeled) armoured vehicle in Astana at the annual Kazakhstan Defence Exhibition. The technologically advanced Mbombe 8 infantry combat vehicle...
Business analyst: Storyteller and statistician

Business analyst: Storyteller and statistician

For most of us, the title of business analyst conjures up an unexciting image of a suited professional pouring over numbers and flowcharts in an isolated corner of the office. While there certainly may be elements of truth in this perception, the role of the business...
White-collar crimes alive and well

White-collar crimes alive and well

For months, there has been strong focus on the so-called Panama Papers and on the pending results of the national investigations faced by several implicated individuals. As more details emerge, there is one clear and significant take-out from this scandal – that white...