How Organisations Can Shape Their Culture For The New World Of Work
By Genevieve Koolen, Human Resources Director at SAP Africa Will people return to the office when it’s safe to do so? Since the start of the pandemic last year, organisations and employees across the world have embraced remote work like never before. Office workers, freed from the confines of corporate headquarters, now perform their tasks, […]
POPI: Where Businesses Should Be Right Now If They Are To Achieve Compliance By July 2021
After what seemed like an interminably long wait, South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) came into effect in July 2020. On 1 July this year, its year-long grace period comes to an end, meaning that organisations in breach of the act should start facing sanctions within the next few months, says Stergios Saltas, […]
Kenyan Retail-Tech Startup Tanda Secures Funding For Regional Expansion From HAVAÍC
Kenyan agency banking startup Tanda is expanding its operations regionally after securing funding from early-stage African tech investor HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota and three other investors. Tanda has also secured key strategic partnerships with Mastercard and Interswitch which will further accelerate its growth. The company’s expansion comes on the back of successfully pioneering and proving […]
10 Best Ghanaian Music Singles
This list of the 10 Best Ghanaian Music Singles shows how gifted the Ghanaian music industry is. Music will undoubtedly pass as one of the greatest assets the human race possesses. From the genesis era of a toddler through the vibrant age of youth, to the docile period of adulthood, music remains an integral part […]
Gold & Diamond Jewelry #BehindTheBling
Do you know where your gold and diamond jewelry comes from? How many people consider the human cost of its production? Not many consumers ask these questions, and, shockingly, neither do many of the world’s leading jewelry brands. It’s a trend that Human Rights Watch (HRW) is trying to change with a new social media […]
First South African CEO At The Helm Of BMW Group South Africa
Peter van Binsbergen officially assumed responsibility as the new CEO of BMW Group South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa from 1 January 2021 BMW Group South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa announced the appointment of new CEO Peter van Binsbergen, who officially took over the reins from Tim Abbott in January 2021. Mr van Binsbergen brings a unique and international perspective as the first South African CEO in the group’s history on the continent. Fittingly, he has returned to his home […]
10 African Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Since the inception of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, there have been 11 Nobel Laureates from Africa selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The Nobel peace prize is one of the five annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories in recognition of academic, cultural and or scientific advances. The Nobel Laureates include […]
