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The 5 stages of digital maturity: How does your organisation rank?
One of the most common misconceptions about digital transformation is that it’s about the implementation of cutting-edge technologies and IT systems that optimise operational processes. While technology plays an important part, it doesn’t give us the full picture. Many companies implement new digital tools and platforms only to find that they remain unused or unable […]
Achieving a digital balance in a technology-driven world: At what cost?
Exactly 2 years ago, I wrote about something that I felt was shameful for an academic like me to write about. It was how I suffered from a triple dose of anxiety, depression and loneliness and how my constant social media use was found to be a contributing factor to my mental health plummeting. The […]
2020: A year of change in the payment and financial sectors
As we move into 2020, a date which replaced the year 2000 in many science-fiction writers’ quivers, it is worth looking at what kind of change we can expect as their ‘future’ becomes our ‘present’. While it is difficult trying to predict the future, it is also worth remembering that new things are seldom dreamed […]
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Faure Gnassingbe seeks to extend his family’s dynastic rule
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe declared an electoral victory on Monday and called on his rivals to drop a competing claim, with official preliminary results showing him re-elected in a landslide. The win, if confirmed, will give Gnassingbe a fourth five-year term and extend a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a 1967 […]
Don’t overlook bullying of women in the workplace
Although workplace bullying is not gender specific, research confirms that women are fundamentally victims, irrespective of their hierarchical position within an organization. Gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking and other forms of family violence and abuse have long shaken women’s lives. What is too often not considered is the violence and abuse women […]
Death in custody of Rwanda’s Kizito Mihigo is reminiscent of Neil Aggett
Calls for countries to re-evaluate their relations with the Rwandan government are increasing following the death in police custody last week of famous singer Kizito Mihigo. Mihigo was Rwanda’s beloved gospel singers who, at the age of 38, was disappeared by Rwanda’s security police on February 13th, as he tried to cross the border into […]
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Achieving a digital balance in a technology-driven world: At what cost?
Exactly 2 years ago, I wrote about something that I felt was shameful for an academic like me to write about. It was how...
EDUCATION
It’s official: Empty suits make the worst kind of bosses
We have all had one and chances are they were the main reason why you quit a job at some point in your career.
Yes,...
ECONOMICS
It’s official: Empty suits make the worst kind of bosses
We have all had one and chances are they were the main reason why you quit a job at some point in your career.
Yes,...
