HR key in business transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from SAPInsider in Vienna – Business transformation relies heavily for its success on human resources (HR), and HR departments are increasingly leaning on technology to help them deliver on their mandate. A KPMG annual survey, which polled...

Telkom ramps up fibre footprint with Vumatel

Telkom’s Retail and Consumer division has announced that it will be leveraging open access fibre from network provider Vumatel to complement its extensive fibre network footprint and to reach even more consumers in more areas across South Africa. Telkom has made...

Technology can aid with unemployment

Personalised learning, mobile-based learning and upskilling of the current workforce are some of the opportunities identified as a means to reduce unemployment across Africa. This insight was made by Arpit Badjatya, a visiting edupreneur, who has spent the last week...

Entries for Programming Olympiad open

Many learners can code these days.  Some teach themselves;  some take MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses); but most take IT as a subject – and now all of them will be able to measure their programming skills against other learners in the South African...

Microsoft gets serious about oil and gas

Microsoft has launched a new Middle East and Africa centre of excellence for oil and gas in Dubai to assist customers in driving digital transformation, cost cutting and optimisation of their operations across the region and the world. It is the largest such centre...

New threats drive expanded GRC role

Kathy Gibson reports from SAPInsider in Vienna – The governance, risk and compliance (GRC) landscape brings unique challenges to a diverse range of end user customers. These include increased regulatory compliance; changing economic and political conditions;...