Tag: innovation

The 4th Industrial Revolution; a wave of exponential and converging technological progress that is washing over every facet of our world. It is demolishing our received wisdoms about how the world works and should be structured. It is leaving the less agile to be tossed aside as disrupted detritus while the bold, the prescient and the innovative create and capture new opportunities.

The business risk landscape continues to evolve and has challenged the compliance and ethics efforts of organisations worldwide. PwC's 2018 State of Compliance Study shows how leading compliance and ethics organisations are prioritising cultural impact and embracing technology to increase their effectiveness.

We’ve come a long way in the last century. We’ve put a man on the moon and shot a car into space. We’ve gone from drive-ins to drones, and from telegrams to Twitter. But we still haven’t quite managed to shake one relic from the past: the password.

As South Africa grapples with growing the economy and sustainable socio-economic development, it is often said that innovation is the silver bullet to help the country achieve its developmental goals.

South Africa’s water supply is predicted to reach a crisis point by 2030. However, could better management of this critical resource actually be the economic saviour of the country? Dr Anthony Turton, Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State believes so. 

Derek Bose | Senior Director for South Africa and the SADC regional cluster | Oracle | derek.bose@oracle.com | www.oracle.com | South African businesses need to...

Maricelle Boshoff | Operations Manager | HansaWorld South Africa | maricelle@hansaworld.com | www.hansaworld.com | African companies need to implement new technologies if they are to...

Industries are being disrupted one by one and as a result, business environments are constantly changing.  Those that are embracing change and looking for ways to innovate faster and better are succeeding. Those that don’t, are struggling. And, intrapreneurship is playing a critical role here.

Andries Brink | Services Leader | PwC | andries.brink@pwc.com | www.pwc.com | Different visions of the future and concerns about business issues persist between the...

Navin Sing | Managing Director: Risk Advisory Africa | Deloitte | navising@deloitte.co.za | www.deloitte.com | In today’s hyper-connected world - dominated by mobile devices, social...