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Accenture Interactive launches Fjord Johannesburg
Accenture has launched its first design and innovation studio on African soil, Fjord Johannesburg. The move significantly expands the company’s design capabilities and demonstrates its commitment to unlocking Africa’s innovation potential through the creation of experiences that redefine industries in…
Accenture opens entries for the Open Innovation Africa Lead
Accenture is on the hunt to find Africa’s top tech start-up superstars – the digital pioneers solving critical challenges with technology across the continent. It’s a search for Africa’s big thinkers and big doers – visionaries who fearlessly push the…
Organisations that leverage Intelligent Operations to thrive in the future
Think about a typical South African business and you’ll likely be thinking about a company where everything, or nearly everything, remains insourced. From HR to finance, supply chain and procurement, an ‘in-house’ mindset often pervades. At the same time, when…
Accenture commits $200 million to education
Accenture has announced its commitment to more than US$200 million over the next three years to help equip disadvantaged people with job skills for the digital age. “As a technology leader, we have an obligation to apply new scalable technology…
Accenture appoints new Country Managing Director for South Africa
Accenture has announced the appointment of Vukani Mngxati as Country Managing Director for South Africa, effective May 1, 2018, with responsibility for driving Accenture’s growth strategy in Sub-Sahara Africa. Mngxati will succeed William Mzimba, who has been Accenture’s country managing…
Company culture key to unlocking gender equality, new Accenture research finds
New research from Accenture has identified 40 workplace factors that create a culture of equality — including 14 factors that matter the most. The research, published today in the company’s “Getting to Equal 2018” report, details the most-effective actions that…
5.7 million jobs are at risk of total automation in South Africa
New research from Accenture highlights the impact of digital technologies on jobs and economies. It’s an important topic for South Africa as new local research indicates that more than a third of jobs in this country may be automated. A…
Communications service providers are not taking new opportunities
The competitive landscape for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) is shifting. With barriers to entry collapsing, a new class of digital competitors is leveraging scale to spend far more than traditional providers can on engineering resources, product innovations and customer experiences.…
South Africa needs to wake up, work together and innovate
We are living in an era of abundance – we have all the resources required to solve humanity’s biggest challenges. The activating ingredient is the ability to innovate. However, in South Africa, the results of the Accenture’s 2017 Innovation Index…
South Africa’s digital economy stands out among emerging market
The latest whitepaper released by Accenture and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) revealed that although South Africa’s digital economy makes it a standout among its emerging market peers, the country’s digital adoption has not yet translated into industrial…
The cloud is remaking African business
Africa is primed for a wave of digital innovation. Submarine communication cables now flank both of the continent’s edges, studding the African coastline with a number of fibre termination points. Wireless, copper and fibre last-mile connections are keeping an ever-greater…
Companies who fail to innovate will not survive digital disruption
We are in the midst of a major technology revolution. Digital now dominates every sector of the economy – it is reshaping industries, disrupting businesses and introducing new operating models. It is also opening up new opportunities to create jobs…
Accenture announces winners of the Innovation Index 2017
Accenture and partners Transunion and The Da Vinci Institute announced the winners of the Innovation Index 2017 at the Accenture Innovation Conference that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa. The awards ceremony honoured businesses of all sizes for championing innovation…
Accenture CEO addresses innovation challenges in South Africa
On 17 October 2017 Accenture hosted the 2017 Accenture Innovation Index and conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference addressed some of the findings of the Accenture Innovation Index 2017. According to the Accenture Innovation Index, innovation is taking a…
Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade expand cybersecurity partnership
Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade announced on Wednesday 27 September 2017 that the companies are extending their collaboration through a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement to develop, integrate and bring to market enhanced cyber defence solutions to help clients better detect, investigate and…
The steps in plotting the customer journey to the cloud
According to market research firm Gartner, in its Predicts 2017: Cloud Computing Enters Its Second Decade report, published in December 2016, organisations are increasingly moving beyond just experimenting with cloud, to now seeking strategic relationships with providers based on the…
