Hybrid is the new business baseline. Are you ready?

Hybrid is the new business baseline. Are you ready?

Dimitri Denissiouk, Managing Director, IBA Group South Africa. (Image: IBA South Africa) Hybrid work was a temporary solution until it wasn’t. Until it became an expectation. According to PwC, companies with rigid working frameworks experience higher attrition across key demographics that include women, skilled workers and senior employees.[1] It’s an attrition companies can ill afford,…

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Strategix acquires Youngblood Consulting to strengthen data automation, business intelligence capabilities

Strategix acquires Youngblood Consulting to strengthen data automation, business intelligence capabilities

Strategix, which positions itself as a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and enterprise technology solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Youngblood Consulting, a South African-based data company renowned for its expertise in database management, traditional and modern business intelligence solutions, Azure Power Platform and Managed Services as well as IOT-driven platforms. This…

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safeguard your business with Vox and Sophos

safeguard your business with Vox and Sophos

In South Africa, we are unfortunately used to home invasions and certainly there is evidence that the presence of a security company can go a long way towards keeping homes, businesses and neighbourhoods safer. What about the online version of a break-in – how do you protect your business? Hackers are constantly putting out feelers…

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AI and Data Leaders NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks Invest in Uniphore’s Series F to Accelerate Its Leadership in Business AI

AI and Data Leaders NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks Invest in Uniphore’s Series F to Accelerate Its Leadership in Business AI

Uniphore, the Business AI company, today announced the close of its $260 million Series F round. NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks invested in the round and were joined by financial and sovereign investors including NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National Grid Partners, and Prosperity7 Ventures. The new capital will accelerate innovation on its AI and…

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Business Rescue in South Africa: A Step-by-Step Guide

Business Rescue in South Africa: A Step-by-Step Guide

Bridget Letsholo, Head of Business Restructuring & Insolvency, and Charlene Ferns, Associate: Dispute Resolution, at CMS South Africa, unpack the Business Rescue process in the form of a simple step-by-step guide, which serves as an important overview of how the process works.  Managing a business presents significant challenges, and in South Africa, these difficulties are compounded…

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When your bedtime becomes a business model

When your bedtime becomes a business model

Discovery Group has always been a company obsessed with measurement. Steps, heart rate, blood pressure, driving style – every data point a proxy for how “good” we’re being. Now it wants to add another metric to that ledger: how we sleep. Its new initiative, announced at a media event at its palatial head office in…

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Nigeria’s Iyinoluwa Aboyeji on business and investing

Nigeria’s Iyinoluwa Aboyeji on business and investing

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji * This article was first published by Africa’s Business Heroes In this conversation, Iyin Aboyeji reflects on his journey building Andela, a platform connecting tech professionals from emerging markets with companies seeking remote talent, and Flutterwave, a payments company. He also discusses his move into investing with Future Africa and his belief that…

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