by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
More than 70% of companies do not have adequate remote working policies – even though it’s a multi-billion dollar issue. Just a few months ago, the debate was whether you could work from home on some days. Now the debate is whether you should work from the office on...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Historically, a lack of mutual understanding has been the biggest barrier to collaboration between the human resources (HR) and information technology (IT) functions. By Brendan Mc Avery However, amid a mushrooming employee engagement crisis that the recent Covid-19...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
An Interpol report has found the billion dollar mobile money industry in Africa is being exploited by organised crime groups – a trend only set to increase as the service is rolled out across the continent. The “Mobile money and organised crime in Africa” report...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The current pandemic has helped organisations confirm the criticality of further digitising their business value chains, fuelled by the need to operate remotely and to provide greater access to the workforce to better enable the performance of their tasks. By Mark...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
While a great deal of focus has been placed on the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there can be unexpected positive long-term benefits – if corporate South Africa is prepared to change its mindset. This is the word from Richard Firth, CEO of MIP...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Entrepreneurs need more than the measures outlines in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. While the plan offers little new information to save our economy from complete destruction, according to Osidon CEO and small business...
