by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – Connectivity is vital for the future of Africa, enabling solutions that can drive digital inclusion. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is today celebrating a massive milestone, with its Africa-wide network now reaching 100 000kms. The network now...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – As South Africa aims to join the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), power is crucial – and the battery has a key role to play. Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, senior economist at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), points out that batteries...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – Businesses in Africa face an unprecedented crisis as a result of Covid – as well as social and economic impacts that will be felt long after the world returns to some form of normal. Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, points out...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Digital transformation – over the past year, this term has rapidly left behind its buzzword status to become a key business enabler in a world defined by pandemic restrictions and new requirements to monitor and manage systems and facilities remotely....
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
There can be no arguing that the past year has been disruptive to everything we do in our professional and personal lives. By Andries Janse van Rensburg, channel manager at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa Virtually overnight, people around the world had to start...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
With South Africans spending more of their time on the internet to carry out a wide variety of activities, and now even increasingly working from home, they need to give more consideration to the WiFi networks in their home – and rely on advice from their ISP...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
If businesses have learned one thing during the pandemic it is that resilience, rather than being a tactic to respond to crisis, is a discipline cultivated over time. Today, to not have a digital strategy is to not have a strategy. Robin Fisher, senior area...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
There are a number of challenges that are keeping manufacturers and distributors awake at night. By Mark Wilson: CEO of SYSPRO EMEA The most dangerous of these is the uncontrollable forces driving fundamental changes in the industry and include the global pandemic,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
I don’t believe anyone will deny that we are in the midst of digital disruption – or that businesses that embrace technology will benefit, while those who do not will lag behind. By Jeanette Marais, deputy-CEO of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Technology undoubtedly...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 4, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
A transition to a lower carbon economy is occurring rapidly around the world and is critical for South Africa. The transition is being driven both by a realisation of the urgency required to save our environment and by economic reasons and comes with both positive and...
