Bribery, corruption highlighted in survey

Corporate crime is the scourge of business in South Africa and it’s getting worse. PricewaterhouseCoopers released its annual Global Economic Crime Survey to the media this week, says Jenny Reid MD of iFacts. It exposed the shocking prevalence of economic crime,...

How to empower women to benefit nations

Research demonstrates that when women are economically empowered, communities and nations benefit – but there are questions around how to best achieve women empowerment. The United Nations Foundation and the ExxonMobil Foundation announced today a new evidence-based...

The economics of IT

It is the responsibility of the CIO to demonstrate real, monetary value to the business. This is the word from David Merrill, chief economist at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), speaking at today’s Hitachi Innovation Forum in Johannesburg about IT economics. “We’ve got...

The economic imperatives of IT

At the end of the day, companies are in business to be competitive and profitable – and they need to maximise the advantages that their IT systems give them. This is according to David Merrill, chief economist at Hitachi Data Systems, who told delegates at today’s...