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Digital opens up new ways to fund SMEs

Sep 9, 2019

Despite the important contribution small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) make to the economic growth of South Africa, the sector battles to access funding using traditional means. By Miguel Da Silva, MD: funding at Retail Capital And even though there are approximately...

Channel Chunder: SMEs – a great business opportunity waiting to happen

Sep 9, 2019

Strong, sustainable economic growth and a thriving national economy are generally regarded as the only panacea to the daunting challenges faced by South Africa today. These challenges include a non-negotiable need to rescue virtually all state-owned enterprises from...

Judge SI transformation capability by vendor relationships

Sep 2, 2019

The majority of IT projects fail. According to research published by The Standish Group, of more than 50,000 IT projects between 1992 and 2004, only 29% were deemed successful. By Stefan Jacobs, applications practice head at Wipro Africa Modern Application Services...

Robotics not delivering on potential

Sep 2, 2019

Despite business anticipating the fourth industrial revolution there is still a definite need to understand the process. “The hype around robotics and intelligent automation (IA) programmes has many organisations launching into these and very quickly finding that the...

How to grow your SME

Sep 2, 2019

South African needs its small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to succeed as they are, without doubt, key to unlocking inclusive growth in an economy which has stagnated for the best part of a decade. By Greg Chen, CEO of Mobiz While government obviously has a...

Improve your business with these sales strategies

Sep 2, 2019

Business is all about sales – that’s the bottom line. Jacqueline Raw, owner and founder of marketing consultancy Ycagel says: “Not everyone is a sales guru, but you can learn how to do great sales.” “Exploding your sales growth is as simple as modelling the behaviours...

It’s time to secure the home

Sep 2, 2019

The Internet is an amazing tool. While adults use in their personal and business lives without sparing too much thought for its inherent dangers, children are at much higher risk. And yet, kids are using the Internet daily to research school reports, communicate with...

Is F1’s data flood drowning the sport?

Sep 2, 2019

After the much-discussed Vettel-Hamilton incident at this year’s Canadian Grand Prix in which Sebastian was handed a time penalty for “rejoining the track in an unsafe manner”, the Ferrari driver said Formula One is now “not the sport I fell in love with”. By Graham...

Trends that are transforming the ICT channel

Aug 20, 2019

The distribution game is changing significantly. Twenty years ago, it was about box dropping, but the ongoing digitisation of practically every industry is leading organisations to demand new ways for products and services to be delivered. By Jacques Malherbe, chief...

Skills needed to unleash the power of data

Aug 11, 2019

Digital businesses require more than just innovative technology and services to be competitive. They need a workforce capable of extracting value out of the data, systems, and processes at their disposal. This also extends to the partner ecosystem where an...

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