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A cognitive supply chain with a customer focus in the ‘Age of With’

Jul 31, 2020

We are now in the Age of With, when companies are harnessing the power of “with” to identify unique advantages through analytics and artificial intelligence. By Quentin Williams and Wessel Oosthuizen From mobile purchasing to same-day shipping to real-time problem...

Cloud and the accelerated move to digital transformation

Jul 26, 2020

The impact of cloud is undeniable: from instant access to infinite IT resources and new application architectures, to redefined IT operations and the acceleration of digital transformation. Digital transformation has been top of mind for a couple of years now, but the...

Pandemic, AI and the future for SA brokers

Jul 26, 2020

Masks, social distancing, limited face-to-face interactions and a heavy dose of sanitiser is our new normal. Along with Level 3 comes another wave of increased economic activity, but not necessarily for the intermediaries of the South African insurance sector....

Open banking: the new frontier

Jul 26, 2020

By Sindiswa Makhubalo – The concept of open banking is forcing banks to reconsider the way they think about financial services, and is poised to reshape banking as it’s understood today. Realising that this is the new frontier of banking, the Financial Sector...

Agritech solutions could help farmers offset coronavirus risks

Jul 26, 2020

By Nico Groenewald – The outbreak of Covid-19 across the globe is presenting a unique set of challenges to industries and causing severe disruption to global value chains. This is especially true with respect to agriculture, and there are questions and concerns...

Covid-19 stress testing demonstrates resilience of shows SA largest banks

Jul 26, 2020

Financial stress testing indicates that the largest South African banks are expected to remain resilient through the current period affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, even under severe stress scenarios. Financial stress testing involves the assessment of modelled...

5G is coming: but what does it mean for SA businesses?

Jul 24, 2020

The fifth-generation mobile network, also known as 5G, is the latest technology standard for mobile networks and the successor of 4G or LTE. This latest evolution will provide 100 times more bandwidth than 4G, which means more availability and far greater speeds. It...

F5 Secure Cloud Architecture reinvents multi-cloud adoption

Jul 17, 2020

Value-added distributor Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has announced the availability of Secure Cloud Architecture from multi-cloud application services provider F5. The solutions within the secure cloud architecture portfolio are designed to provide organisations...

Automated paint detection improves Ford quality

Jul 17, 2020

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s continued investment in its Silverton assembly plant in Pretoria has unlocked significant increases in its production volumes, with the Ford Ranger pickup exported to over 100 global markets, and the seven-seater Everest SUV...

How Covid-19 is accelerating banking changes

Jul 17, 2020

By Kathy Gibson – The world of money and finance has changed rapidly with the spread of the novel coronavirus. Liao Yong, vice president of Huawei Southern Africa Region, told delegates to the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit...

New standards will boost IoT functionality

Jul 17, 2020

Enabling medical equipment to accurately record the time of diagnostic readings, making it easier to locate connected devices and speeding up the time it takes to develop new apps are just some of the new features to be unveiled as part of the fourth set of...

AI will separate banking winners from losers

Jul 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) will separate winning banks from losers, say 77% of banking executives surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic. They believe Covid-19 will intensify the use of AI, making effective governance more urgent, according to an Economist...

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