by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Issues
2021’s stand-out vendors and distributors announced!
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured Story, news
Pinnacle has won the coveted Distributor of the Year 2021 Award at the Channelwise Awards, while Syntech Distribution once again scooped the Customer Care Distributor of the Year trophy. The Channelwise Awards poll resellers on their favourite vendors and distributors...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2022 | news
South Africa’s resellers have once again made their voices heard, voting for their favourite vendors in the 2020 Channelwise Awards. Over the years, the Channelwise Awards have tracked the progress of the South African IT industry, reflecting each year how technology...
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...
