Digital Leadership Series

The Role of Strategic Planning in Business Growth

Business growth is built on strategic planning. It is like a roadmap, guiding the organization toward its long-term goals and helping it to balance daily operations. A good strategy supports business focus in terms of resources, priorities, and overcoming market adversities. In a competitive world, strategic planning is not just an aid for growth but […]

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Digital Leadership Series

How Digital Innovation Is Crafting Next Generation of Careers

The world of work is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by digital innovation. Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cloud computing are not only reshaping industries but also creating entirely new career paths. The question is no longer if digital tools will impact careers—it’s how they’ll redefine them. The Rise of New Roles Jobs […]

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Digital Leadership Series

IPHONE 16 AI Rave Spurs Apple into Great Success Frontier

Apple’s stock has reached a new all-time high of $244.40, driven by positive expectations surrounding the iPhone 16 and its integration with artificial intelligence (AI). This achievement reinforces investors’ confidence in the company’s ability to stay at the forefront of technology and solidify its leadership in the global market. Analysts say the iPhone 16 marks […]

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Digital Leadership Series

Building Smart Organisation: How Internet of Things Can Shape Future of Organisational Structures in Nigeria

With digital technology believed to peak with AI -revolution – a single transformative wave of artificial intelligence, alas the digital progress pushes beyond AI and continues to evolve. Emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), a hyper-connected environment interlinking every device, process, and system, elevates AI into a seamless web of real-time intelligent interactions reshaping […]

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Digital Leadership Series

The Interregnum

We welcomed 2024 with dancing, high-five, kisses, hugs, and singing amidst blinking red lights everywhere, worldwide. On the left hand, the world carried a hamper of chaos into 2024 with frightening contents, while on her right hand, a briefcase of HOPE. From the start of the year, there was a convergence of chaos in the […]

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Telecoms

Expert Unveils Secrets Behind Unlocking Africa’s AI Potential

In 2024, Africa stands at the precipice of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. With a projected market size of USD 18.33 billion by 2030, the continent is poised to harness the power of AI to tackle pressing challenges such as poverty alleviation, improved healthcare delivery, and agricultural efficiency. These AI-driven solutions hold the key to […]

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Digital Leadership Series

How Companies Survive Through Digital Innovation Amid Economic Headwinds

With interest rates at their highest in over a decade, South African businesses and consumers have certainly been through the wringer. But this has also led to some creative thinking that could reap benefits for years to come. Grant Phillips, Group CEO at digital transformation specialists e4, says he’s seen many businesses using this slower time to […]

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Special Reports

LUSAKA NOTES: Dr Ibietan’s Thought on Africa’s Creative Economy & Reputational Rebound

Hours ago, I made a presentation focused on the above topic at the ongoing annual conference of the African Public Relations Association (APRA), as a participating member at the 34th edition of the annual conference of the 47-year-old body of PR practitioners in Africa and their global allies. The African Public Relations Association holds an […]

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Tech Talk

Customers’ Needs, New Work Models & Ecosystem Driving Cloud Adoption in Africa, Says SAP

West African businesses are adopting cloud technologies at an unprecedented rate to unlock a range of competitive capabilities through digital transformation. According to the Managing Director for West Africa at SAP, Titilayo Adewumi, the past few years have seen a sharp increase in the adoption of cloud technologies among West African enterprises. “The digital transformation […]

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Business

Fraud Trends Every CFO Should Know as PwC Predicts 46% Rise in Fraud

PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022 revealed that 46% of organisations have experienced fraud, corruption, or other economic crimes in the last 24 months. Ryan Mer, CEO of eftsure Africa, a Know Your Payee™ (KYP) platform provider, gives a rundown of what to look out for. Fraud protection is no longer optional It’s […]

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