The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could break Africa's colonial legacy of exporting raw materials and importing finished goods. This is the word from Jean-Louis Ekra, deputy chairperson of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) Advisory Council and a...

Only 9% of supply chain organisations expect to achieve revenue gains due to uncertainty, according to a survey by Gartner. Supply chain organisations that achieve an antifragile state not only survive, but benefit, from uncertainty. Antifragility can transform how...

As SMEs accelerate digital transformation efforts in response to the pandemic, today Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google announced a collaboration to help them move their businesses online, accept digital payments and attract more customers. Through the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has largely proven to be an accelerator of cloud adoption and extension and will continue to drive a faster conversion to cloud-centric IT. According to a new whole cloud forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC), total worldwide...

Senior executives continued to focus intensely on a second wave of coronavirus infections around the globe and the implications for managing work as a result. In its Emerging Risks Monitor Report, Gartner surveyed 119 senior executives across most industries and...

Organisations are never the same after being hit by ransomware. In particular, the confidence of IT managers and their approach to battling cyberattacks differ significantly depending on whether or not their organisation has been attacked by ransomware. For instance,...

According to new research commissioned by Kaspersky, 92% of heads of innovations in enterprises in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region admit that their projects often fail before they are launched. Many of these innovations don't even make it past development...

Despite deliberate effort to increase diversity, organisations continue to struggle with achieving diverse leadership benches, according to Gartner. To increase diversity in leadership, HR must ensure greater diversity in the leadership pipeline and successor talent...

Nokia has been named by NASA as a partner to advance "Tipping Point" technologies for the Moon, deploying the first LTE/4G communications system in space and helping pave the way towards sustainable human presence on the lunar surface. Nokia Bell Labs' systems will be...

Overnight the pace of digital transformation accelerated, and business accomplished in a few short months what normally would have taken years. Organisations who fast tracked their transformation outperformed their peers and are better prepared for what’s next. By...