Digital payments benefit Ghana

Ghana’s Ministry of Finance and the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance have released a report documenting the country’s progress in creating an economy where everyone can pay and get paid digitally, instead of with cash. The results show the country has...

ATM malware gets more sophisticated

Trend Micro and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have released a comprehensive report on the current state of ATM malware, detailing both physical and network-based malware attacks as well as highlighting where the malware is created. ATM malware has...

Ensuring IoT success

Everyone is talking about how IoT will revolutionise the way we do business, but before you get too caught up in the hype make sure you are able to implement IoT projects with measurable benefits. This is the view of JP Smith, pre-sales director: Sub-Sahara Africa at...

Global first for Aspen Pharmacare

In a first of its kind implementation, Aspen Pharmacare, the largest pharmaceutical company listed on the JSE, has selected the Oracle Tax Reporting cloud solution to report tax timely and accurately in order to be compliant with the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting...
Drones key in local job creation

Drones key in local job creation

The drone industry has the potential to create thousands of jobs for qualified drone pilots per year, but the right training is crucial to move this industry forward and to help grow the country’s employment rate. According to a leading economic expert, Dr...

Tax functions set for disruption

Advances in technology and digital automation are transforming the way in which businesses operate — and the tax process is not immune from these changes. Robots that can perform repetitive tasks at super high speeds are making their way into the tax sphere. The...