Innovation

Digital education boost for SA’s poorest pupils

Mar 19, 2019

SAP Africa head of innovation and quantum physicist Dr Adriana Marais says it's vital to support the dreams of young people, but that tools such as science and technology were needed to make dreams a reality.

AI and mind-blowing business growth

Mar 13, 2019

As more businesses turn their attention to the AI hype, they need to be aware of the challenges ahead. Despite the frenzy, AI is still nascent and there’s no one-size-fits-all recipe for success.

Here’s how to teach entrepreneurship at schools

Jan 15, 2019

Teaching entrepreneurship in schools usually extends to bake sales and market days. While these are great ways to teach children about product development, budgeting, finance, and profit and loss, they don’t encourage true entrepreneurial thinking. We need to focus on...

Insight 2019: digital leaders will consolidate and automate backups

Jan 15, 2019

Ask clients a few years ago what concerned them most about data backups and it was universally about volumes. By Servaas Venter, sales director: data protection solutions at Dell EMC SA The amount of data they had to manage seemed insurmountable. I could see that for...

Innova HTS set to connect Africa’s unconnected

Jan 15, 2019

The UN has declared Internet access a basic human right, but tens of millions of Africans still remain unconnected. Looking to change this scenario, though, is a newly-formed South African company – Innova HTS. Founded by Rob Griggs, former executive MD of Bytes...

Digitisation raises for bar for companies to innovate

Dec 6, 2018

The rapid pace of digital change is re-writing the rule book and forcing companies to innovate and exceed customer expectations to stay ahead – and afloat. Yet Accenture research finds that only 7% of brands are exceeding customer expectations and, even worse, 25%...

Netstar helps Putco to improve safety

Dec 6, 2018

South Africa’s oldest and largest bus company, the Public Utility Transport Corporation (Putco), has over the past 18 months recorded impressive performance metrics in passenger safety, fuel management and improved driver behaviour following the implementation of a...

How to take your business global

Dec 6, 2018

Many South African businesses have ambitions far greater than the domestic market. This is particularly true of financial services as our system is the most advanced in Africa, with first world infrastructure that resembles that found in developed markets....

Plumblink aims for growth with warehouse management

Dec 6, 2018

Plumbing, bathroom and kitchenware merchant Plumblink has announced the deployment of Cquential Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Cquential is a member of the Argility Technology Group. Plumblink selected Cquential WMS because it could deliver a robust platform...

RFID touted as future of asset management in mining

Dec 6, 2018

Remote mining operation environments add to the challenge when it comes to managing sophisticated assets such as high-frequency screens, feeders, and centrifuges. Here the key issue is to identify equipment operating at mining sites, and improve flow-process...

Groep 7 writes a new chapter in digital book publishing

Nov 21, 2018

Digital printing technology is revolutionising the entire book publishing supply chain, and self-publishing is thriving as a result. According to Nielsen BookData, (the respected source of comprehensive international records for books), in 2017 the market share for...

SA businesses are slowly transforming

Nov 21, 2018

Just 8% of South African businesses are Digital Leaders, according to the Dell Technologies Digital Transformation Index (the DT Index) – but 40% of local heads of business believe they’ll disrupt rather than be disrupted. The DT Index, which was completed in...

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