October 2024
A handful of major companies talk to us this month about their huge investments into technology. Why are they spending big on tech? To materially transform their operations for the better. Yes, there are teething pains, but in the longer-term these will be the companies with real bite.
However staunchly traditional or unintentional naïve you might be, if you are attempting to run a business in 2024 without adopting technology solutions, you are quickly heading out of the market and into history.
It goes from the small all the way up to the international corporates. Digital tech makes life easier, and others in the supply chain as well as customers, have already made the jump and have gone through decades of innovation.
African Data Centres is at the high end. The leading data centre organisation on the continent, it is planning to build a big new project in Kenya, alongside its current 4MW operation. It will also move into Rwanda and other parts of East Africa as hyperscale cloud players, financial institutions, and entertainment businesses from around the world look to take advantage of opportunities in the region while storing and managing data safely and effectively.
Warwick Wealth is bidding to become the largest wealth management business in South Africa and has invested in a digital client care system that will underpin worldclass service delivery for clients. At the same time, the team is utilising all forms of technology to get in front of clients and deliver updates in a human way. Without this investment, the company would look very different.
In the mountain nation, Standard Lesotho Bank is offering up new products, all delivered digitally, to encourage the population into the formal banking sector and drive-up financial inclusion. CEO Anton Nicolaisen tells us more about digitisation in a relatively untapped environment.
And Optimi – the e-learning specialist – is taking the tech talk to education, an industry still far behind in terms of the missed opportunities to use technology, to advance outcomes. A new home learning offering, backed by a digital portal, and delivered in a totally online environment sees this edutech organisation breaking barriers for the first time.
Get in touch and tell us more about your technology, how it is beneficial, and how you are using it to advance your business. We’re always online at LinkedIn.