Chatbots: the solution to SA’s service delivery woes?

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni recently said that communities and businesses are becoming increasingly intolerant of municipalities that can neither deliver basic services nor conduct their administration effectively. With lack of employee capacity being one of the...

You hate robocalls for the wrong reasons

Think back to your favourite robocall experience. You probably don’t have one. By JD Engelbrecht, MD of Everlytic Last week, at a dinner party, I asked the guests to recall their favourite robocall experiences. It was interesting and thrilling…not...

VoIP, cloud-based contact centres could enable SA’s BPO sector

South Africa has been a major destination for global business services — often called business process outsourcing (BPO) — for a few years now. In particular, the country has steadily climbed the ranks when it comes to contact centre operations. Among the...

SA’s BPO sector well placed to absorb matric learners

In the third quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate in South Africa this year rose to a record 30,8%, with discouraged work seekers increasing by 9,1%. While this is an indication of how the lockdown affected employment in the country, the good news is that some...

Key considerations for contact centre investments

Technology investments into cloud, contact centre and process have become critical to business success. These solutions allow for organisations to improve the way they interact with customers, improve experiences, and proactively manage processes and systems. They are...

Chatbots could become the front line of banking service

This year has seen the rapid acceleration of the Work from Home (WFH) model as businesses rushed to accommodate the need for social distancing and reduced interpersonal contact. By Harkrishan Singh, director, application development at In2IT For the banking industry,...