Digital transformation is where an organisation seeks to profoundly transform its business activities, competencies and operating model to fully leverage the opportunities made available by digital technology. Digital transformation is a complex process requiring careful management and which has significant implications upon an organisation’s strategy. A view of these implications has been expressed by David […]
Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in core business functions such as audit and finance. At the recent Terrapinn Accounting & Finance Show 2020, Russell Isakow and Suhail Moosa, Engagement Manager and Consultant at Letsema respectively, spoke on a panel that discussed the effect of technology and data on finance, auditing and accounting functions. […]
Financial institutions are constantly being confronted with greater scrutiny, increasing tax audits, and regulatory changes. The requirement to find more efficient and effective ways of conducting global tax information reporting, including but not limited to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Common Reporting Standard, has become a vital business need. In the past, […]
In the next installment of Letsema Talks, Annabel Fenton, a Senior Consultant at Letsema, discusses how technology has changed how communities are defined and COVID-19’s impact upon social connection, among other topics. Our conversation follows Annabel’s recent article, ‘Constructed communities’ in the time of COVID-19 To find out more how the Strategy team can help […]
On Wednesday, 6 May, the Umlambo Foundation, in partnership with Letsema, Funda Wande, and Africa Teek Geeks hosted a webinar focused on technology and education in a post COVID-19 world. The panel featured: Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – UN Under Secretary General & Executive Director of UN Women, founder of the Umlambo Foundation and former Deputy […]
Prior to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), there was already indicative research illustrating that our society has become increasingly socially distant, and lonely. In a 2018 survey, The Economist and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found that more than two in 10 adults in the United States (22%) and the United Kingdom […]
Author: Yoshlin Pillay Supply chain visibility (SCV) has become a common term within the supply chain management (SCM) industry and is a high priority for many firms and companies. SCV is a ubiquitous term and finding a complete definition not influenced by a vendor is somewhat challenging. In essence, SCV is the identity, location and […]
Are executives in South Africa embracing and scaling the potential of digital technologies in creating or maintaining world-class, competitive Procurement and Supply Chain capabilities? In July 2018, Letsema’s NextGenOps practice, led by Partner, Kamendran Govender, executed a market survey process to gain different perspectives into this question. They interviewed more than 20 executives in South Africa who […]
On the face of it, the alarmist exhortation to “go digital or die” seems to fall into the category of hyperbolic scare-mongering lines desperate salespeople peddle a week before their targets are due. One might feel justified in scoffing at its fear-based pretentions to import and carry on about one’s business. Then again, did somebody […]
