by Dianne Bayley | Apr 15, 2020 | Innovation
Distributed development is not a typical company structure. BBD, a custom software development company with an international footprint, has been moving away from traditional work structures over the last 15 years and is now operating a mature and successful...
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
One only has to look back in history to appreciate the extent to which necessity is indeed the mother of invention, says Bernadette Versfeld, Partner at Webber Wentzel. It may come as a surprise to many that some of the greatest inventions were the product of...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Sustainability
While journalists and commentators have focussed recently on lessons from Asia in relation to the current Covid-19 pandemic, with some referencing pandemics that have hit Europe and North America in the past, a less obvious question to ask is whether there are also...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Security and Legal
Patented technology holds the key to many solutions that assist medical professionals daily in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, writes Tim Ball and Naseema Sonday of Webber Wentzel. In this context, we look at several issues relating to enforcement of patents...