Unicaf University partners with eLearnAfrica

Unicaf University has announced today that its programmes will be available on eLearnAfrica.com, thereby extending further the University’s reach throughout the continent. eLearnAfrica.com is a popular mobile application and innovative web portal, offering...

Lesotho insurer digitises business with SilverBridge

Cirrus, a subsidiary of the SilverBridge Group, has completed a digitisation project for the Lesotho National Life Assurance Company (LNLAC), a member of the Regent Group of companies. This has seen the scanning of 1.7 million documents to improve business processes...

Banks must evolve to meet consumers’ needs

As powerful forces including customer expectations, technological capabilities, regulatory requirements, demographics and economics continue reshaping the banking industry, a new narrative is starting to emerge. Customers are demanding even higher levels of service...

Claims process transformation underpins insurance

The claims department is a key factor in overall customer experience in the insurance sector, and this is where innovation in insurance should start, delegates heard at an insurance sector briefing in Johannesburg this week. Addressing leading insurance sector...

Growing global payment network is good for Africa

William Mzimba, chief executive of Accenture South Africa and Chairman of Accenture sub-Saharan Africa, talks about the growth of blockchain and what it means for Africa. In a significant development for the digital economy locally, South Africa’s largest banks...

Design boosts e-learning uptake

Researchers at the Informatics Design Labs at the University of Pretoria (UP) are using eye-tracking technology to improve an e-learning platform currently being rolled out in several public and private schools. In some Gauteng schools, textbooks are very much last...