When rethinking business operations innovation is often hailed as a way to improve sustainability but changes need to be carefully thought through. ...read more

African Francophone start-up culture has been slower to take off than in Anglophone countries. The roots of the explanation for why this might be the case are a mixture of cultural and economic. Russell Southwood talks to those involved in the Francophone ...read more

Supplier-enabled innovation is a complex area but it could be the next big opportunity for procurement. Speaking to the head of supplier innovation at a major consumer brand recently provided me with a fascinating insight into the difficulties procurement ...read more

In today's globalised world, the adoption of technology is increasingly essential for companies to be highly competitive and to prosper. The technological readiness pillar of the South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) measures the agility ...read more

There are a lot of NGOs, social enterprises and start-ups looking to create products that people living in slums and townships will find useful. Many of them seem to have a good, rational logic but just don't take off, either because they lack distribution ...read more

Zimbabwean entrepreneur Vuyo Sakala has always dreamed big and wanted to develop and provide great products and services for Africa. After studying Architecture in Australia, and noticing the lack of information he had access to about what was happening ...read more

Do you believe that your suppliers think it is worth the time and effort to bring you the innovations you are looking for to grow your business in a sustainable way? Procurement can be a key driver if the right resources, processes, incentives and metrics ...read more

[This Day]Promoters of the SmartCity Innovation Hub technology project have promised to create 50,000 direct employments in the next five years. The hub is designed to promote economic diversification and to move the country towards a knowledge-based ...read more

Clorox is one of the leading practitioners of open innovation. Not many people really know this, but it becomes obvious, when you interact with Clorox people and listen to their presentations. Navin Kunde , Business Networks Leader at Clorox, recently ...read more

[ITC]ITC assists enterprises in exploring new markets and entering value chains ...read more

The ITC assists enterprises in exploring new markets and entering value chains ...read more

[New Era]Windhoek -Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, yesterday said Namibia needs to ensure that regulatory frameworks and supervisory practices give sufficient space to encourage competition and innovation to promote formal financial sector ...read more

Public service innovators gathered at Emperor's Palace, in Kempton Park, on Friday evening to be honoured for their innovations. The 12th Public Sector Innovation Awards featured among others innovations that improve service delivery, use Information ...read more

Brics countries must continue to embrace innovation as a key driver for economic growth, delegates at the 3rd Annual innovaBRICS & Beyond Conference taking place in London heard on Monday, 27 October. ...read more

Seattle — A consortium of partners including Brazil, Canada, India, Norway, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States will fund a new phase of Grand Challenge initiatives. At an event in Seattle commemorating the tenth anniversary ...read more

Many companies around the world know the benefits of open innovation and crowdsourcing with speed and diversity being the most important ones. The combination of the two can enable companies that are successful with open innovation to bring better ...read more

The challenge of ensuring adequate, nutrient-rich food for an expanding global population is a daunting one, especially given constraints on key resources like water and agricultural land. As it stands, the two leading approaches to enriching and enlarging ...read more

Nissan has said that its new Y62 Patrol, now redesigned with an unprecedented zest and ergonomics, has returned with a futuristic look that stands out for its unique combination of the most recent technologies and new design DNA. The auto maker noted ...read more

SAP has announced a seven-year plan to up-skill local African talent and drive sustainable innovation and growth in Africa. With more than 1,300 customers across the continent, SAP is already enabling African businesses and governments of all sizes ...read more

Science and Technology Deputy Minister Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi says her department will invest more in research and innovation to ensure that the country produces more scientists and engineers. Speaking to SAnews shortly after briefing Parliament's ...read more

Africa has the most youthful population in the world, with estimates suggesting young people make up 60 to 70 per cent of the total population, but too few have access to jobs. Unemployment among graduates is becoming one of the most serious problems ...read more

We all have a lot to learn from the new generation of companies that have come out of the Silicon Valley revolution. Many of these entrepreneurial lessons have been codified in books, the new bibles for innovation — not just for entrepreneurs but ...read more

The New Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics will go a long way in taking South Africa's ability to understand and fine-tune the innovation environment, to a new level. This is according to the Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom ...read more

Many people believe that Africa is a giant waking up. It will be the next frontier of business opportunities and as always this will be driven by innovation. Here I like to see that Africa – in this case South Africa – has really begun building ...read more

The integration of 20 agencies into a one-stop administration service centre will facilitate the delivery of Government services to citizens under the e-Government programme delivered today. Among these agencies are Ghana Post, Electricity Company of ...read more