by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Thought Leadership
As someone who works at a digital-first organisation, it’s been incredible to see how the past two years have accelerated digital transformation across Africa. By Greg Gatherer, account manager at Liferay Africa With strict social distancing measures in place,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Small business trends have always provided an exciting look where commerce is heading, but they’ve never been as revealing as they are now. Much has changed over the past year, and the pre-pandemic ways of doing business are forever in the rear-view. By Robin Fisher,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Thought Leadership
The bank of the future is one that’s capable of using intelligence, automation and technology to meet the hyper-personalisation demands of the customer. By Wynand Smit, CEO of INOVO The bank of the future is described by McKinsey as one that can leverage automation...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Thought Leadership
A recent judgment in the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) has re-emphasised that employees have a duty of good faith to their employers, by disclosing material activities that may result in a conflict of interest. By Mpumelelo Nxumalo, partner; Kgololego Pooe, associate;...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Many of history’s watershed moments – the printing press, the steam engine, the internet – were only recognised as major changes in hindsight. But in banking, there is real-time recognition that the COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably changed the industry....
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
The world is buzzing with anecdotal evidence of what has been called The Great Resignation – the Covid-19 lockdown-driven reassessment by individuals of the meaning of work in their lives. 2022 is shaping up to be a year of reckoning where employees and organisations...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
The skills challenge in Africa remains an obstacle to growth. In South Africa, the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) was established in 2010 as a way of connecting people to skills development and to try and ‘address the bottlenecks’. This issue has also been...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Supply chain management has never been more critical than it is today, in an increasingly global, challenging, complex and dynamic business environment. “Global supply chains have faced unprecedented challenges amid the COVID-19 crisis, and the effects will be felt...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Until recently, digital transformation was mistakenly assumed to be a matter of tagging the word ‘tech’ to the end of practically any industry, throwing some technology at it, and sitting back and waiting for disruption to happen. By Marius Botha, group CEO of aYo...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Looking ahead, the technological advances we can expect to see in 2022 will be a logical continuation of everything that has happened in 2021, but the impact of the pandemic will undoubtedly remain. By Nick Durrant, CEO of Bluegrass Digital When you look around right...
