Retail success in 2020 will be defined by value

As the year comes to an end, it is clear that the role and function of brick and mortar stores has fundamentally changed. By Gareth Hawkey, group CEO redPanda Software Increasingly, physical stores have to become a seamless extension of an overall customer experience...

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities rely on smart grid technology that includes traditional and renewable energy sources in its mix of power supply. Driven by the advanced technology of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), the smart grid technology is able to include coal-based energy...

Dawn of the insurtech era

After a long period of debate as to whether the hype is justified, the time of insurtech is at hand, with innovators in this sector helping to reinvigorate insurance with tech-driven business models that completely transform the customer experience. That’s the...

Luno among world’s 10 best exchanges

Luno has been ranked in the top 10 of the new CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark. Luno came equal tenth out of 165 exchanges which were evaluated as part of the benchmarking process. It received and overall ‘A’ rating. Commenting on the publication of the...

FNB and RMB win Best Foreign Exchange Provider award

FNB and RMB have been jointly recognised as the Best Foreign Exchange Provider in South Africa for the fourth year running in the annual World’s Best FX Provider awards hosted by Global Finance Magazine. The winners were selected from 113 countries using...

SA’s FMCG space can learn from Kenya’s example

The simplest way of optimising route to market is through pre-sales, which then creates a predictable order and allows for the best delivery routes to be calculated. By Andrew Dawson, commercial director at MACmobile However, for much of the market in South Africa...