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48HOURS launches free crisis diagnostic app

25Jan

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South Africa News, Tech

48HOURS launches free crisis diagnostic app

New online tool helps brands classify the scale of risk from a crisis within just three minutes Nothing tests an organisation quite like a crisis. In a global crisis management survey conducted by Deloitte, 34% of businesses that have already experienced a crisis say the most important lesson they’ve learned is to have better systems in place to identify crisis scenarios, with 29% saying they would execute a more timely and robust communications plan. When it comes to a crisis, the struggle, though, is knowing the difference between annoying chatter and an existential crisis. In a bid to assist clients to quickly and effectively assess and act, crisis agency, 48HOURS, has launched a free, web-based application called VICE. At a time when many crises played out on social media, it is vita...

Senzo Tsabedze’s 7 Things to expect in the Fleet Management sector in Africa in 2023

24Jan

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Business, South Africa News

Senzo Tsabedze’s 7 Things to expect in the Fleet Management sector in Africa in 2023

2022 was a progressive year in the fleet management industry worldwide with several companies regaining their usual momentum that was disturbed by COVID-19 from early 2020 into 2021. Today, we get an expert forecast on what we should expect to happen in the fleet management sector this year in Africa from Senzo Tsabedze. Senzo Tsabedze is a South African fleet management executive and founder of Afrirent Fleet which he established in 2003. This year marks exactly 20 years since he ventured into fleet management becoming the first black South African to establish a fleet management entity in the country’s history. Reporter: With your experience, what do you see happening in 2023? “Well based on the current trends and developments in the fleet management sector, I believe that the industr...

Energy to shape the economic future of Africa’s automation and manufacturing industries

23Jan

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Energy, Events, South Africa News

Energy to shape the economic future of Africa’s automation and manufacturing industries

SA’s leading trade conference looks for real answers to hard questions from industry experts The importance of energy security in shaping South Africa’s economic future is a key focus at the Africa Automation and Technology Fair (AATF), the continent’s most comprehensive and focused automation platform. Taking place between 9-11 May 2023 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre (Nasrec), South Africa, it will co-locate with Future Manufacturing Africa (FMA), a new trade show dedicated to the full manufacturing value chain for the African continent. A host of esteemed industry experts have been lined up to present at the events’ dedicated conference, AATF Connect which will be initiated by Gwede Mantashe, from the Department of Energy. They include: South African television presenter and moderator...

South African proptech leaders Flow secure $4.5 million in funding to enable the global property industry

19Jan

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Real Estate, South Africa News

South African proptech leaders Flow secure $4.5 million in funding to enable the global property industry

South African proptech innovators Flow have secured $4.5million (+-R78 million) in funding at the conclusion of their pre-Series A investment round - the single largest investment in the country’s proptech sector at that stage and amongst the highest in African proptech funding history. The investment will see co-founders and co-CEOs Gil Sperling and Daniel Levy drive the business’s B2B growth strategy, integrating the power of the astute Flow social media-driven real estate marketing platform into existing international property portals and CRM platforms. Levy and Sperling previously founded adtech and performance marketing company Popimedia, the largest buyer of Facebook media inventory in Africa for some of the world’s biggest brands. Popimedia was acquired by global communications gro...

A new year’s resolution for SA’s energy crisis – and why international organisations hold the key to an accelerated Just Energy Transition

18Jan

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Energy, South Africa News

A new year’s resolution for SA’s energy crisis – and why international organisations hold the key to an accelerated Just Energy Transition

By Alana Kruger, Knowledge Transfer Manager for South Africa at Innovate UK KTN Global Alliance Africa. According to leading lifestyle magazines and spiritual gurus, 2023 is a year for self-reflection, intuition and analytical enlightenment. It also marks 16 years since South Africans first experienced loadshedding - an unwelcome and common occurrence that continues to this day. Over the next 15 years, South Africa will need to install at least 50GW of generation capacity to achieve energy security. According to calculations by industry analysts, this will require an estimated R1.2 trillion in investment before 2035 to mitigate the energy crisis [1]. Considering the urgency of this issue and its impact on the wellbeing of both consumers and the economy at large, it might be time for Sout...

The future of behavioural coaching – understanding what it can bring to the table

11Jan

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Science, South Africa News

The future of behavioural coaching – understanding what it can bring to the table

OIM Consulting MD Arjen de Bruin discusses the difference between behavioural coaching vs. training, unpacking the trends we can expect to see in 2023 It was former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney who said, “all coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.” And McCartney would know. In his 13-year tenure, he won just shy of 100 games, three Big 8s and a National Championship, earning him a well-deserved place in the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. Yet, within an organisational or business context, how can coaching take people where they are unable to go on their own? Training vs. Coaching Arjen de Bruin, Managing Director at OIM Consulting says that firstly, it is important to understand the difference between ‘coaching’ (specifically behavioural) and ‘training’. “...

Fedhealth’s affordable new offering – a supercharged hospital plan for only R945 pm – caters for the young, healthy and digitally savvy

11Jan

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South Africa News

Fedhealth’s affordable new offering – a supercharged hospital plan for only R945 pm – caters for the young, healthy and digitally savvy

An exciting new solution from Fedhealth medical scheme offers the most affordable hospital plan on the market – ideal for young, healthy, digital natives. With annual inflation reaching a 13-year high in July 2022 (7.8%), budgeting for essential monthly expenses like groceries, transport and healthcare has become increasingly difficult – especially for younger people. Our country has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, which has worsened since the pandemic, with 4.8 million young South Africans now unemployed (up by 2% from last quarter). Fedhealth’s brand new medical aid product, flexiFEDSavvy, aims to address these issues by offering a highly affordable, digitally enabled hospital plan specifically aimed at the young and healthy, without compromising on quality. L...

Using accurate forensic intelligence to combat serial and organised crime in South Africa

9Jan

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South Africa News, Tech

Using accurate forensic intelligence to combat serial and organised crime in South Africa

“When constructing any kind of civil or criminal case against an individual or corporation, it is imperative that all the evidence that is to be presented in a court of law be one hundred per cent accurate and verifiable,” says Sameer Kumandan, Managing Director of SearchWorks, South Africa’s largest and most innovative data aggregation platform. “False or inaccurate evidence can lead to the dismissal of charges and the release of dangerous criminals.” Lack of forensic capacity in SA It is no secret in South Africa that the capacity of the police service and their forensics departments are severely constrained, and that the burden of securing the convictions of criminals responsible for crimes ranging from murder and fraud to rhino poaching is a heavy one. Police resources are limited an...

The four-day work week trend spins back into the mainstream

6Jan

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South Africa News

The four-day work week trend spins back into the mainstream

By Johan Botes, Partner and Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg The four-day work week is nothing new. Reading about its anticipated return is akin to getting a letter from an old friend who disappointed you long ago and then disappeared, but for whom you still have fond feelings. Like yo-yos and hula hoops, the four-day work week has excited generations, with the notion fading over time and becoming trendy again once those who were infatuated with the idea had long forgotten about the frustration of replicating moves made to look so simple by a select few. Two global oil companies were first documented cases of companies adopting the four-day work week, back in 1940. Their drivers worked a schedule that saw them working 40 hours in four days (...

3Jan

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Business, South Africa News

Resilient SMEs will thrive in 2023

By Garth Rossiter Chief Risk Officer, Lulalend The past year has not held much for the SME sector to celebrate, but I expect 2023 to be a year of growth and recovery. 2022 saw the end of COVID-19-related restrictions but, at the same time, we also experienced some of the worst levels of load shedding ever. It has been a very difficult year for a sector that is widely considered to be the engine driving the SA economy. It is the resilience of SME owners that kept the doors open and the tills ringing. Higher inflation and increasing interest rates also meant that it was becoming increasingly difficult to have any kind of disposable income with which to invest or grow a small business. This year, SMEs struggled to access the lifeblood that keeps them going – cash flow. This will be a dete...