Tender policy hampers procurement changes

Jun 15, 2015

Professor Douglas Boateng of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) is Africa’s first Professor Extraordinarius for Supply and Value Chain Management. Ahead of his Executive Insights into Negotiations in Supply Chain Management workshop to be held at...

Technology drives changes in retail banking

Mar 26, 2015

2014 was an interesting year for the retail banking industry, but as we move through 2015 it’s clear that there are more interesting changes afoot, writes François Chaffard, director: Banking Solutions & Services for Middle East & Africa at Gemalto. The rise and adoption of new technologies in everyone’s daily life is dramatically and irreversibly changing the landscape of retail banking.

Changing mobile usage trends

Changing mobile usage trends

Feb 11, 2015

Mobile users are consuming more video than ever before, while larger format devices are starting to change the way people use their smartphones and tablets. These are among the findings of the Citrix Mobile Analytics Report for the first half of 2015, which also examines the pitfalls and opportunities for mobile operators and enterprise IT.

Social business making massive changes

Dec 15, 2014

There has been a rapid change in terms of the way we work, collaborate and simply connect with our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. A core component of this is a new set of connected workers who have an growing requirement to access information for...

Massive economic, societal change in Africa

Nov 6, 2014

Kathy Gibson reports from Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm – Africa is ready to embrace mobile broadband, and the technology has the potential to drive massive economic and societal change. In Africa, mobile penetration is happening. Ericsson...