by Dianne Bayley | Sep 15, 2021 | Sustainability
Burt Rodrigues CEO of Biodx gives his thoughts on environmental business regulatory procedures and the recent fire at the agro-chemical giant UPL’s warehouse in Durban. By now we’ve all read and seen footage of the horrendous fire at the agro-chemical giant UPL’s...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2021 | Security and Legal
South Africa’s Department of Transport announced the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, which will introduce a new licence points demerit system geared towards imposing stricter penalties for road rule...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
Today’s education approach features ingrained systems that haven’t changed all that much in the last century, writes James Bayhack, Sub-Saharan Africa Director at CM.com. Until the COVID-19 crisis, that is. More than a year and a half ago, the virus forever changed...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2021 | Sustainability
If South Africa is serious about creating jobs and competing in the global economy, we need to do something about boosting our tech skills, writes Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture in Africa. If I were given a rand every time I heard the phrase “South African jobs...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 13, 2021 | Sustainability
For customer-centric service leaders in South Africa, key performance indicators (KPIs) play a key role in maintaining excellent customer service, Richard Chambers, Area Vice President, Africa & MED explains. Redefined KPIs have become a fundamental part of a...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 12, 2021 | Innovation
Digitisation has ushered in an era of hyper-connectivity, marked by disruptive digital platforms that operate on a global scale. A recent Baker McKenzie report – Competition in the Digital Economy – an African Perspective – shows that, in Africa,...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 10, 2021 | Sustainability
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the Earth. As its permafrost ice melts, powerful methane greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, which speeds up global warming in an increasingly destructive cycle. Professor Katey Walter Anthony is an...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 10, 2021 | Security and Legal
Nelisiwe Masango – Financial Markets Analyst, CEO of Ubuntu Invest and one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 50 Black African Women Entrepreneurs to Watch – shares a ray of light during challenging economic times. Here she writes that the entrepreneurial spirit can...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2021 | Security and Legal
Data has never been more important, and as digitalisation has accelerated, businesses are generating more of it than ever before, writes Kate Mollett, Regional Director at Commvault Africa. In an increasingly digital world, where remote working has become a permanent...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2021 | Workplace 2020
A business’s need for greater data storage is constantly increasing due to storage-hungry applications and data driven business components. As technology demands continue to evolve, how do you decide what is best for your organisation? Looking at IT professionals...