The rise of the modern data centre

Over the past 15 years, IT has worked in a pretty predictable manner. By Ossama El Samadoni, senior director: sales for Middle East, Russia, Africa and Turkey at Dell Technologies In order to automate critical business processes, companies have been implementing...

4IR demands a reskilled workforce

While automation and digital technologies are disrupting the workplace as we traditionally know it, it has become imperative for organisations to start reskilling their workforce. By Garsen Naidu, country manager of Cisco South Africa Automation and artificial...
Sourcing executives in a Covid-stricken Africa

Sourcing executives in a Covid-stricken Africa

In South Africa, we use the term “ubuntu”. It doesn’t just apply to business but every aspect of life. It is a social contract based on the philosophy that if my community thrives, I thrive. By Bafana Kubheka, an executive search consultant at Signium Africa Other...
Lessons from the lockdown …

Lessons from the lockdown …

With most companies in South Africa now permitted to operate under the alert level 3 of the lockdown, many of us are feeling less anxious, with a sense that life is returning to a new type of normal. By Johan Botes, partner and head of the employment &...