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Lockdown sales strategy is make or break for business

Apr 24, 2020

Countless businesses have come to a grinding halt during lockdown and the fear that this will affect their employees on a personal level is very real. Many are struggling to pay their staff and are having to decide whether to implement salary cuts or begin...

How to keep your cash flow going

Apr 24, 2020

Many small and medium businesses in South Africa were already facing cash flow challenges before the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown came into our lives. By Viresh Harduth, vice-president: small business at Sage Africa & Middle East Beyond the national...

What the Moody’s downgrade means for investors

Apr 24, 2020

The Moody’s downgrade of South Africa’s credit rating should have happened long ago. We’ve known for a long time that our fiscal metrics have been unsustainable, so despite the coronavirus, this is unsurprising. By Maarten Ackerman, chief economist and advisory...

Man and machine unlock a brighter future

Apr 19, 2020

In the current business landscape which Accenture refers to as the “post-digital era”, a league of enterprises are already leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to leap ahead in innovation, growth and, ultimately, maximise profit. By Karthik...

How to take your company culture home

Apr 19, 2020

One of the concerns that frequently comes up when companies consider moving parts of their workforce home is how to maintain company culture when your people are physically dispersed. The Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown has forced this issue, and many companies have...

What will Africa look like after the pandemic?

Apr 19, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic, one of the world’s most significant events, has resulted in cessation of economic activities that will lead to a significant decline in GDP, an unprecedented social disruption, and the loss of millions of jobs. By Professor Banji...

A new digital reality for SA education

Apr 17, 2020

Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning. By Robert Speed, vice-president for Middle East and Africa at Blackboard The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound and...

Getting more from data at the edge and cloud

Apr 17, 2020

Christopher Bergey, vice-president: embedded solutions at Western Digital, spoke at IoT World on “IoT Context vs. Content: Strategies for Extracting Insights from a Data-Centric World”. Here are some highlights from his presentation on how to get the most out of IoT...

POPIA to fuel better customer experiences

Apr 14, 2020

With the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) planned to commence imminently, the way direct marketing is carried out and received by South African consumers is set to shift. By Sandra Galer, Operations Director, Merchants South Africa Research shows that...

Beware benign interpretation of government power in times of crisis

Apr 14, 2020

Government action, which occurs against the background of a national disaster or emergency can always be made to appear essential to the wellbeing of the people, and therefore benign. The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has issued this statement: The tendency of...

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