by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2020 | Sustainability
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which forces many financial services providers to remain focused on...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Sustainability
Our world has changed, writes Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State. The aspects that we have accepted as daily occurrences, and those that we have taken for granted, are no longer possible. Anxiety and uncertainty have...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Sustainability
Supply chain professionals are responsible for maintaining South African supply chains, even as Covid-19 brings massive challenges. To do this, they need to ensure the efficient supply and distribution of food, basic goods and medicines, while mitigating the risks...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Sustainability
The current lockdown is testing the ability of business to adapt quickly to changing market conditions. Companies that have embraced more digital ways of working have been far less impacted. Several slower respondents are turning their focus away from only the cost...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 7, 2020 | Sustainability
A key part of making healthcare affordable and accessible to all members of society is gaining insight from patient data to better understand their needs as well as the efficacy of treatments and medication, writes Henry Adams, Country Manager of InterSystems....
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 1, 2020 | Sustainability
As people around the world get used to being in lockdown and more people than ever before are discovering how to work from home, attention is shifting to how we maintain the health and wellbeing of our army of new homeworkers. Jonathan Berry, European Practice...
