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Since the early 2000s, low-cost manufacturing has totally transformed the economies of China and other developing countries. The manufacturing industry now makes up roughly 40% of China’s GDP, playing a key role in expanding the middle class, driving consumption and reducing poverty. Now, it’s Africa’s turn. The African manufacturing industry must boost efficiency in orderRead more

According to the 2020 Cloud in Africa report, released in September last year, cloud technology helped business across sub-Saharan Africa to better manage the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Conducted by World Wide Worx in partnership with F5, DigiCloud Africa, and Dell Technologies, over 90% of study participants described cloud computing as being “important” in theirRead more

Resolution-setting is all about revisiting your goals and outlining your future plans with the aim being to improve in the year ahead. An extremely helpful framing exercise for individuals and businesses alike, setting New Year’s resolutions entails reflecting on the previous year and identifying how you can be better going forward. 2020 was characterised byRead more

“Necessity is the mother of invention”. This English-language proverb suggests that the primary driving force for new inventions is need. We’ve seen proof of this in 2020 as business leaders scrambled to minimise disruption caused by COVID-19. Not only did the pandemic dramatically accelerate corporate digital transformation, it also accelerated technological innovation in a wayRead more

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed cloud computing to the front of decision-maker’s minds. This is according to a new study by World Wide Worx, in partnership with F5, Dell Technologies, Digicloud Africa and Intel. According to the research, around 91% of respondents described cloud computing as being an incredible asset in their response to the crisis,Read more

“The coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders in business and beyond,” writes McKinsey. COVID-19 created fear among employees and other stakeholders and the sheer unpredictability of the crisis made it challenging for executives to respond. “Indeed, the outbreak has the hallmarks of a “landscape scale” crisis: an unexpected event or sequence of events ofRead more

Global economic activity may have declined this year but e-commerce boomed thanks to coronavirus restrictions. This shift in retail economic activity is evident in figures published as part of Salesforce’s Global Shopping Index back in August. According to the report, there was a 71% upswing in global digital commerce in the first half of thisRead more

In 2020, we saw banks and financial institutions being pressurised to leverage new technologies to boost internal efficiency and improve competitiveness during a global pandemic. This means embracing new business models and implementing emerging technologies like cloud computing, big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). For CFOs, the digital transformation currently taking place acrossRead more

Looking back on 2020, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the year went by in a bit of a blur. To make better sense of everything that happened over the last 12 months, I’ve found it helpful to break the year down into four distinct stages. During the first stage we were starting to hearRead more

Few innovations have caused as much excitement and garnered more hype than artificial intelligence (AI). And rightly so. Industry experts suggest that AI will completely revolutionise all aspects of our lives. Despite its potential, there are many misconceptions about AI – from fears of massive job losses to concerns that super computers will take overRead more