by Dianne Bayley | Jul 21, 2016 | Features
The first solar-powered microgrids have been launched in the northern KwaZulu-Natal district of uMkhanyakude, South Africa, as part of the Connectivity, Electricity and Education for Entrepreneurship (CE3) programme in partnership with Accenture, the University of...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2016 | Features
By Martin Walshaw, senior engineer, F5 Networks. Anonymous Africa’s recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the SABC and Oakbay Investments aimed to flood the websites of both companies with tons of information, eventually rendering the sites virtually...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2016 | Features
The Institute of Directors in Southern Africa’s (IoDSA) Remuneration Committee Forum has released its fifth position paper, “Value creation and executive pay”, dealing with the practical measures that boards should take in order to link executive pay with the value...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2016 | Features
While the decision for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) might have come as a surprise and had markets and businesses scrambling to adapt as quickly as possible, CIOs may have several months to prepare for the potential implications of Brexit. It appears that...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 4, 2016 | Features
By Kathy Gibson In contrast to most other industries, the insurance industry business model has not changed over the last century or so. Insurance is still product-centric, with a strong agent network and driven by skilled actuaries. In recent years, we have seen the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 29, 2016 | Features
By Dominique Collett Fintech is disrupting the way ordinary Africans manage and use money – and these fintech players are standing up to traditional institutions as a force to be reckoned with. Accenture estimates that over one-third of mainstream financial...
