Fak’ugesi 2016: Female voices of digital art

Fak’ugesi 2016: Female voices of digital art

The much-anticipated Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, taking place from 19 August to 3 September 2016, will not only celebrate digital art and its impact on culture, creativity, arts and technology, but will also shine a light on the role women play in...
Finance: Exploring new world of Blockchain

Finance: Exploring new world of Blockchain

By Lee Naik, MD of Accenture Digital SA If the previous decade was the age of mobile banking, the next looks set to be the era of Blockchain. Its decentralisation and community-based assurance means it allows for faster and more secure transactions, comprehensive...
Data availability key to attracting talent

Data availability key to attracting talent

By Gregg Petersen Technological innovation and the emergence of the millennial generation are closely entwined. Few superlatives can accurately sum up the sheer extent to which technology has fundamentally altered the way we live and work, both as consumers and...
The role of the digital humanist

The role of the digital humanist

By John Tadman, MD, Avanade SA Just as the industrial revolution fundamentally changed society during the 18th and 19th centuries, ubiquitous connectivity and real-time access to enormous data sets means that today’s teenagers will end up working in roles that do not...
New role for finance in digital world

New role for finance in digital world

Kathy Gibson at SAPInsider in Vienna June 2016 – In the new world of digitalisation, the systems traditionally associated with finance are not the only ones relevant to the finance role.Digital finance is about creating realtime continuous processes with no manual...