by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Innovation
South Africa is a unique country, and in many ways because of our uniqueness we need novel solutions, writes Thoneshan Naidoo, Principal Officer of Medshield Medical Scheme. On the one hand we face a quadruple disease burden of HIV/AIDs and TB; high maternal and child...
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 1, 2020 | Innovation
Did you know that investing in agricultural development is up to three times more effective for reducing poverty than doing so in any other sector? With countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) depending heavily on the agriculture sector for food...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 31, 2020 | Security and Legal
South African financial organisations are exploring the potential use cases for Blockchain in their operations, but are exercising caution in its adoption. So says John Singh, a senior systems analyst and head of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
In light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation last night, 15 March 2020, and global healthcare guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other experts on pandemics, containing the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 is vital....
