Discourse around the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is emerging in South Africa, and everyone seems to want a piece of the pie. Nationally, there is the 4IRSA Partnership, established by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government, which seeks to stimulate and facilitate the national dialogue around 4IR. It also aims to complement other national activities in this […]

In 2018, Letsema’s Next-Gen Operations team launched our inaugural survey to understand the adoption of digital in Procurement & Supply Chain. We found that 22% of South African organisations surveyed are embracing digital, overcoming major barriers of people and skills, leadership alignment, and legacy data and processes to drive value for their organisations. So how […]

Enabling suppliers to serve a digital economy requires a disruptive take on development The digital economy is an increasingly pervasive concept within the global, African and South African business world. It seems like you cannot cross the street without being overwhelmed by hype around machine learning, artificial intelligence, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Setting cynicism […]