Posts by Shahrain Coovadia

Running annually for the last twenty years, the 20th Top Empowerment Awards celebrated individuals and organisations that have excelled at transformation. In response to the global pandemic and as part…

In the name of collaboration and uplifting South Africa, Topco Media hosted the Top Empowerment Conference centered around deep-diving into recovery strategies, maintaining an effective response, and rebuilding for 2021…

Mike Brown, Chief Executive of Nedbank was quoted saying, “remote conferences are certainly better than no conferences.” The virtual Top Empowerment Conference has kicked off at a pivotal time in…

UNCTAD’s COVID-19 and Ecommerce: A Global Review A group of eTrade for all partners joined forces to assess how the impact of the pandemic was playing out in various regions of the world.…

SAITEX – Africa Trade Week (23-25 August 2021@ Ticketpro Dome) The EFSA is a strategic partner to SAITEX and will be hosting a series of workshops on Tuesday, 24 August…

Nestle’s Innovation Hub #ProjectUNO aims to enable Nestlé coffee brands to engage its youth market by providing digitally-driven solutions that provide customer experiences beyond the product and invites solution in…

Lots of events are going to be held on how you must apply the Protection of Personal Information Act, but if you want the real news and guidance watch out…

The time for the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has arrived with companies expected to be fully compliant by 30 June 2021. What this compliance means, and how organisations…

COVID has seen consumers ditch cash and in-person shopping in favour of online spending, according to Standard Chartered’s latest global survey. Almost 75% of survey respondents in Kenya (64% globally) agree that COVID…

Kenyan startup Transcode has developed fraud management software for banks and telecoms, and is seeking funding to scale it across the continent. Formed in 2018, Transcode released its core software (iGuard)…