Tag: Enterprise

  • Unlocking the Potential: Telcos as Solutions Providers in the Digital Age

    In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, telecommunication companies (telcos) find themselves at a crossroads. Traditionally limited to providing connectivity services, telcos now have the opportunity to transcend their conventional roles and embrace a new identity as solutions providers. By leveraging their vast infrastructure, expertise, and data analytics capabilities, telcos can play a pivotal role in…

  • The Multi-Nationals and their place in Africa

    South Africa’s Mannie Hirsch established The Gestalt Group in 1998 to help emerging entrepreneurs connect with mainstream economies.  This involves building partnerships with local and transnational corporates in pursuit of profitable returns for both. Hirsch is outspoken regarding what he tongue-in-cheek calls “the divine right of internationals” to stake their claim in the global village.…

  • Unlocking the potential of mobility in Africa

    I believe that Africa represents the greatest Enterprise Mobility opportunity for any network operator anywhere in the world today, it is one the last great opportunities, all MNCs are waking up to Africa, they are economically challenged in their traditional markets and are now looking for ways to sustain and grow their own organisations. All…

  • Mobility and The Enterprise – A Challenge to the status quo?

    The world is crossing over to a new era in which office premises have become portable. Computers that used to sit on desktops have been replaced by fleet-footed hand-held devices. The shackles of “present-teeism” the industrial revolution forged have been replaced by bonds of mutual self-respect between collaborators. The real challenge is getting people to…

  • African Talent and The Multinationals – Who is Chasing Who?

    Africa is in the process of resolving a scarcity of talent and restricted data portability. As far back as November 2010 Mobility Magazine predicted that market expansion would combine with skill shortages to stimulate data mobility across the continent. It expected that the main driver would be indigenous talent returning home, with sophisticated expectations for…

  • Ghana and the Multinationals

    I was in Ghana yesterday. At first sight it struck me how well Accra was emerging from the past, and taking its rightful place on the bight of Africa where it borders Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo and the Atlantic Ocean. No wonder the multinationals are keen to get a foot in. Mobile is the…

  • Enterprise Mobility in Africa

    Africa has three problems with technology. In no particular order these are lack of capital, a lack of on-ground skills, and a lack of time left to catch up before Brazil and China leave it in the dust. This paralysis is hampering efforts to get enterprises mobile, particularly where infrastructure and cross-border cooperation are less…