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The finance function of the future won’t look anything like it does today. According to PJ Bishop, VP for partners, accountants and alliances across Africa and the Middle East at Sage, the financial services, accounting and audit industries are on the cusp of an automation transformation. And this change will be guided by growth in emergingRead more

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countless employees were forced to work remotely. While there are numerous benefits associated with working-from-home, this black swan event threw many out of their comfort zones. Apart from being separated from their colleagues for the first time, these staff members had to set up makeshift office spaces, make sureRead more

Earlier this year, we wrote a blog post about what to expect from cloud in 2021. In the post, we explained how various cloud trends helped many organisations survive the first wave of the pandemic. We also explained why cloud use will continue to rise and evolve as businesses attempt to minimise disruption and upRead more

2020 may have come and gone but COVID-19 has not. Healthcare institutions and officials looking to inject smarter processes and efficiencies into their operations are increasingly turning to emerging technologies to aid their response to the pandemic. South Africa’s COVID-19 Alert app serves as a great example. The app is not a contact tracing platform,Read more

For most companies, going digital means moving to the cloud. While the benefits of cloud are clear, what many business leaders don’t realise is that tracking cloud expenses and keeping costs under control can be tricky. As part of our global expansion, Nebula CTO, Andre Witte,  moved to Amsterdam to help European businesses make theRead 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

In March 2020, E&Y surveyed close to 3000 executives from 46 countries across different industries and asked how COVID-19 had affected their global supply chain decision-making processes. The survey cited the pandemic as trigger event for companies to re-evaluate their supply chain and come up with new ways to better source and manage their suppliers.Read more

In recent months we’ve all been exposed to our fair share of medical jargon – from pandemics and PPE to antibodies and active cases. While I’m sure we’re all so tired of hearing about COVID-19 and everything that goes along with it, all of this talk got me thinking about an interview author and successfulRead more

In recent months, workers around the world have been asked to work remotely and follow strict social distancing regulations. According to CIO, these mandates have caused major changes across organisations and put unique pressure on IT departments and IT decision makers to make the situation work. As a result, CIOs are being asked to spearheadRead more

We recently wrote a blog about how to avoid some of the common pitfalls of migrating to the cloud. In the post, we highlighted the findings of 2019 Gartner research, which stated that the growth in South African IT spend is the fastest in the world. We may still be behind in terms of overallRead more