Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

Winning the tender is when the real risk begins

Jul 10, 2026

Winning a tender tends to create a sense that things are under control. The project is secured, teams are briefed, and attention shifts quickly to getting work underway. What is less visible at that point is how quickly the risk profile changes, writes Morag Evans,...

Telco channel partners need more agility – not anchors

Jul 10, 2026

While connectivity has become the lifeblood of businesses and households, with a growing addressable market offering attractive opportunities for SMEs and innovative businesses to scale in the sector, there is a tension between South Africa’s need for job creation and...

AI makes traditional management obsolete

Jul 10, 2026

AI will not simply automate tasks, it will fundamentally reshape the architecture of management itself, forcing SME leaders to develop entirely new capabilities to govern hybrid human-AI workforces. THis is one of the finding from a new thought leadership white paper...

Your VAT refund may not be the full amount owed

Jul 10, 2026

When the South African Revenue Service (SARS) delays your VAT refund, interest may be payable, but you should not assume that they will calculate and pay that interest automatically. Nico Theron, founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA, says that in a recent case...

Value for money has become non-negotiable

Jul 10, 2026

Global public procurement spending is estimated to account for around 12% of GDP in OECD economies, underscoring the scale and strategic importance of how governments and organisations spend money (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). As fiscal...

Africa’s changing trade corridors are creating new financial risks for business

Jul 10, 2026

As trade routes shift and intra-African commerce grows, businesses are confronting new currency risks across borders. Global trade is entering a new era of uncertainty. From shifting tariff regimes and geopolitical fragmentation to supply chain diversification and...

Projects more likely to succeed if complexity is managed

Jun 26, 2026

As the region accelerates digital transformation, infrastructure development, energy expansion, and public-sector modernisation, new global research from Project Management Institute (PMI) reveals that project complexity is emerging as a prominent threat to successful...

Magnificent Seven will become Magnificent Three, expert predicts

Jun 26, 2026

The era of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ as a unified market trade is coming to an end. This is the prediction from Nigel Green, CEO and founder of financial advisory giant deVere Group, who believe that within five years only three of today’s mega-cap tech giants will...

The real cost of hiring: What SMEs often overlook when expanding

Jun 26, 2026

South Africa’s SMEs are under increasing pressure to grow cautiously as economic volatility, rising operating costs and stubbornly high unemployment continue to reshape hiring decisions across the country’s small business sector. According to Statistics South Africa’s...

Why whistleblowers are still the most powerful fraud detection tool

Jun 26, 2026

When organisations talk about fraud prevention, the conversation usually centres on technology, internal controls, or audit processes. “These are important, but they often overlook the single mechanism that has consistently proven to be the most effective at...

Why AV has become an IT conversation

Jun 26, 2026

Before Covid, audiovisual (AV) systems largely sat outside of core enterprise IT infrastructure and were managed independently. However, increasing demand for connected devices, AV over IP and the integration of AI into AV have transformed the AV landscape, forcing AV...

Satellite is no longer plan B

Jun 26, 2026

For years, satellite internet access technology was viewed as expensive, high-latency, and relevant only in niche scenarios. That perception is now obsolete. This shift in thinking was strongly reinforced during a presentation by Dawie de Wet, Group CEO of Q-KON, at...

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