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Eight commandments for digitising your shop floor workforce

Sep 25, 2020

The eight commandments to digitising your shop floor workforce bundles insights, examples and lessons learned from PwC’s experience in digital transformation in an operations and supply chain environment into eight practical ‘commandments’. By Vinesh Maharaj...

Rapid deployment of infrastructure key for post-Covid recovery

Sep 18, 2020

The gazetting of the long-overdue draft policy on rapid deployment of electronic communications networks and facilities is good news for a South African economy that shrank 51 percent in the second quarter of 2020. That’s according to the Internet Service...

Cash is critical for financial inclusion in SA

Sep 18, 2020

Anyone can use cash to transact – important in a country where one in five people do not have a bank account. Cash doesn’t discriminate according to whether you own a smartphone, can get a card from a nearby banking branch or have an ID book for a FICA or Know Your...

What do we need to do to stimulate free trade in Africa?

Sep 18, 2020

As Africa works towards negotiating and ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) next year, there are some challenges around the practical implementation of the agreement. Standard Bank Head of Trade Product Management Kevin Holmes points out...

Shift to solid-state batteries is next, reports IDTechEx

Sep 18, 2020

Electric vehicles are expected to include solid-state batteries as an innovative approach, according to IDTechEx’s research report “Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2020-2030: Technology, Patents, Forecasts, Players”. Since commercialized in 1991,...

What to do if your business is hacked

Sep 18, 2020

The recent Experian data breach saw close to 800 000 businesses along with over 24 million South Africans’ information left on the internet exposed to cybercriminals. After Experian’s earlier announcement that the stolen data had been retrieved and accounted for, the...

The quest for conflict-free technology

Sep 18, 2020

Standing beside a rutted red dirt road at about 5 000 feet up in the jungled mountains of northern Rwanda, Intel’s Adam Schafer explains in four words why he and a teammate had traveled from Oregon to this especially remote part of Central Africa. “We’re here to...

Automation frees workers from mundane, repetitive tasks

Sep 14, 2020

By Kathy Gibson – Robotic process automation is enabling a digital workforce for every enterprise. It’s not just about automating work, but rethinking how work is done, says Chip Coyle, chief marketing officer of Blue Prism. Over the last few months, with the...

Budget-friendly online tools for SMEs

Sep 14, 2020

As well as the hard work and long hours their founders put in, most successful small businesses are united by a set of positive common denominators – like having a firm operational foundation, solid marketing strategy, exceptional customer service, a dynamic...

Want to withdraw retirement funds on emigration? Try again in three years

Sep 14, 2020

The National Treasury published the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2020 (Draft Tax Bill) for public comment. By Joon Chong, partner, and Wesley Grimm, associate at Webber Wentzel One of the more contentious proposals in the Draft Tax Bill relates to the ability...

Why government should encourage the use of locally produced materials

Sep 14, 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement of a substantial infrastructure development drive to address the economic impact of Covid-19 will go a long way towards stimulating recovery in the beleaguered construction industry. But it should include measures that...

A more equal footing for tech partner relationships

Sep 14, 2020

Relationships between technology companies and the partners they rely on to sell, refer and consult on their products and services are evolving from alliances dominated by vendors to true partnerships, according to a new research brief published by CompTIA. The...

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