43 days to go live for new insurance product

Insurance software and services provider Genasys Technologies completed an full product build for Discovery Insures newly-launched commercial insurance product in just 43 days. The Discovery product was constructed and brought to market through the Genasys platform....

Ayo signs Sasol managed services deal

Ayo Technology Solutions has signed a long term strategic partnership agreement with integrated chemical and energy multinational Sasol, to deliver and manage a set of global network, communications and security services. AYO also meets Sasol’s transformation...

FNB is SA’s most valuable banking brand

First National Bank (FNB) is South Africa’s Most Valuable Banking Brand, according to the 2018 Brand Finance Africa annual survey. According to Brand Finance, FNB’s 22% rise to reach R19,4-billion in brand value was the biggest jump over the last year,...
Technology set to drive jobs growth

Technology set to drive jobs growth

Kathy Gibson reports – Since the first power looms heralded the start of the first industrial revolution, technology has been displacing people from jobs, and the current Fourth Industrial Revolution is continuing the trend – but on an unprecedented scale....

Plastics sustainability under the spotlight

South Africans have had first-hand experience of deadly plastic pollution with the recent “nurdle” incident where hundreds of thousands of lentil-sized plastic pellets washed up on our beaches. These pellets are deadly poison to fish and marine mammals,...

Lessons for SAA from Air India

As South Africa learns how much SAA has cost the taxpayer, and how much more needs to be ploughed into the carrier, Free Market Foundation researcher Chris Hattingh looks at what lessons we could learn from Air India. At the end of March, it was revealed that Air...