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Pension funds increasingly require ESG compliance; here’s why they should look to Africa

Pension funds increasingly require ESG compliance; here’s why they should look to Africa

By Martin Soderberg, Partner, SPEAR Capital  The Scottish Widows Fund recently announced that it will dump £440m of company holdings t..

How to integrate a freelancer into your business

How to integrate a freelancer into your business

Ashmita Das, CEO of Kolabtree, the freelance platform for scientists, offers tips on how to integrate a freelancer into your business ..

Graph Data Science Turbocharges Machine Learning and Analytics

Graph Data Science Turbocharges Machine Learning and Analytics

Neo4j’s Alicia Frame explains how graph data can unearth new connections and make predictions that drive business Graph data science i..

Mobility data platform Vianova raises €1.8 million to help cities build their post-covid transport systems

Mobility data platform Vianova raises €1.8 million to help cities build their post-covid transport systems

Paris-based startup Vianova has closed a €1.8 million seed round led by RATP Capital Innovation and Contrarian Ventures to improve col..

Paving the road to recovery

Paving the road to recovery

By Ville Paetynen, Regional Branch Manager at Siemens, examines how airports are preparing to make travel safer  Airports have been hi..

Direct Line Group Goes Carbon Neutral

Direct Line Group Goes Carbon Neutral

Announcement marks long-term commitment to offset emissions Insurance group demonstrates full support for the Paris Agreement – commi..

New Global Index Defines What Makes Digital Economies More Trusted and Resilient

New Global Index Defines What Makes Digital Economies More Trusted and Resilient

Digital Intelligence Index from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard provides an in-depth look at the rate of techno..

Momentum for hydrogen transit grows as European consumers prioritise climate before cost when it comes to travel

Momentum for hydrogen transit grows as European consumers prioritise climate before cost when it comes to travel

In conjunction with European Hydrogen Week, global power leader Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today shared new research revealing that more..

Airband accelerating rural communities’ access to gigabit-capable broadband following new investment

Airband accelerating rural communities’ access to gigabit-capable broadband following new investment

Airband, a Worcester-based provider of rural connectivity services in the West of England, today announces that Aberdeen Standard Inve..

My Digital and Ecospend open up banking services for the Quantum Workforce

My Digital and Ecospend open up banking services for the Quantum Workforce

Accounting and payroll services for the temporary labour market transformed by Open Finance   Today Quantum Employment Design (QED) le..

Quest Fuels Game Changing SQL Server Enhancements Through Low-Cost, Automated Compliance and Performance Monitoring Tools   

Quest Fuels Game Changing SQL Server Enhancements Through Low-Cost, Automated Compliance and Performance Monitoring Tools   

ApexSQL adds new range of capabilities to help IT teams audit and secure SQL environments, and achieve compliance with data privacy s..

The price of poor payroll: new research reveals the impact poor payroll management is having on UK SME growth, operations and employee engagement

The price of poor payroll: new research reveals the impact poor payroll management is having on UK SME growth, operations and employee engagement

The YouGov study reveals how a quarter of businesses believe managing payroll requires too much of their time and affects their overa..

Olsztyn, Poland: The first city in the world to use Ethereum blockchain to help emergency services with SmartKey

Olsztyn, Poland: The first city in the world to use Ethereum blockchain to help emergency services with SmartKey

Secure, keyless blockchain-enabled entry using a Teltonika smart device, governed by an Ethereum smart contract and connected via Sma..

LONDON CHOSEN AS GLOBAL GATEWAY FOR GAMIFIED SIMULATION TRAINING COMPANY ATTENSI

LONDON CHOSEN AS GLOBAL GATEWAY FOR GAMIFIED SIMULATION TRAINING COMPANY ATTENSI

LONDON will become the epicentre for gamified simulation training provider Attensi to deliver its plan to become a world leader in cor..

Insurtech Getsafe continues its rapid UK expansion by partnering with GoCompare

Insurtech Getsafe continues its rapid UK expansion by partnering with GoCompare

Digital insurance provider Getsafe has teamed up with the market-leading price comparison website GoCompare. This makes Getsafe’s app-..

BGL Group Chooses Twilio to Ensure Great Customer Engagement Through COVID-19 and Beyond

BGL Group Chooses Twilio to Ensure Great Customer Engagement Through COVID-19 and Beyond

Eight-day transformation to a cloud-based contact center built on Twilio avoids disruption to customers, keeps colleagues safe and acc..

Pivoting in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Pivoting in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Freddie Talberg, Co-Founder, CEO, Work Safe and EMSOL  Recent news has brought hope to the UK, with the promise of an imminent vacc..

Breaking into the industry

Breaking into the industry

By Kelly Collins, Head of Creative at Swyft (www.swyfthome.com), talks through how she broke into the industry, and what’s changed sin..

How can robotic process automation benefit organisations?

How can robotic process automation benefit organisations?

By Simon Perks, Head of Robotics and AI, Agilisys Doing more with less In an environment of tightening budgets and rising expectations..

TradeCore partners with FIVE, creating a complete tool box for emerging fintechs

TradeCore partners with FIVE, creating a complete tool box for emerging fintechs

Fast growth fintech TradeCore has today announced FIVE, a New York based development agency, as the newest member of the TradeCore eco..

World first crypto fund of funds YRD Capital celebrates successful three year anniversary with record profit

World first crypto fund of funds YRD Capital celebrates successful three year anniversary with record profit

YRD Capital, the world’s first Fund of Funds (FoF) to focus on quantitative trading in crypto assets, today announced it has now accum..

In Fintech-Savvy Lithuania the IT Side of Licensing Is Easier

In Fintech-Savvy Lithuania the IT Side of Licensing Is Easier

Fintech has done well amid the coronavirus pandemic as e-money use grows along with other forms of contactless living, and Lithuania, ..

Wipro’s Annual State of Cybersecurity Report Finds Increasing Adoption of AI in Cybersecurity to Tackle Advanced Adversaries

Wipro’s Annual State of Cybersecurity Report Finds Increasing Adoption of AI in Cybersecurity to Tackle Advanced Adversaries

Nearly half (49%) of organizations plan to extend Cognitive and AI capabilities for security to detect and respond to attacks faster W..

Quotevine and AccountScore announce partnership to help ease the adoption of Open Banking at this critical time

Quotevine and AccountScore announce partnership to help ease the adoption of Open Banking at this critical time

Quotevine has partnered with AccountScore to provide a straight-through process for proposals, helping to connect the dots between the..

TM Insight launches ecommerce and digital offering across Asia to capitalise on the shift to online

TM Insight launches ecommerce and digital offering across Asia to capitalise on the shift to online

TM Insight, an Asia Pacific consulting company specialising in supply chain, property advisory and property management services, today..

Liquidnet Makes Strategic Additions to its Data Science Team

Liquidnet Makes Strategic Additions to its Data Science Team

Company appoints Head of NLP and Unstructured Data and hires three new data scientists, signaling further investment in developing AI-..

The Student Hotel delivers first phase of digital transformation programme

The Student Hotel delivers first phase of digital transformation programme

 The Student Hotel has completed the first phase of its digital transformation programme, designed and implemented by digital experien..

Managing the buildings at the University of Richmond

Managing the buildings at the University of Richmond

With a campus set in 350 acres (1.4km2), the University of Richmond is a liberal arts college that surrounds the Westhampton Lake just..

Gobeyond Partners expands into DACH region to help companies navigate customer journey evolutions in pandemic world

Gobeyond Partners expands into DACH region to help companies navigate customer journey evolutions in pandemic world

Gobeyond Partners, a new type of consulting firm that partners with clients to solve complex customer journey challenges, has today an..

Axyon AI announces the appointment of Giovanni Beliossi as Advisor

Axyon AI announces the appointment of Giovanni Beliossi as Advisor

Leading AI fintech company starts a new collaboration with Giovanni Beliossi Axyon AI, the leading AI provider for the asset managemen..

The Pareto Distribution – What You Need to Know

The Pareto Distribution – What You Need to Know

The Pareto Distribution, named after the economic geographer, a sociologist, and statistician Vilfredo Pareto, describe a power-law di..

The Different Types of Multiplicative Factors

The Different Types of Multiplicative Factors

In mathematics, the multiple is the product of an even number and any multiple. Therefore, for odd numbers, we say that a is a multipl..

The Advantages Of The Cyclical Unemployment

The Advantages Of The Cyclical Unemployment

Cyclical Unemployment is the part of unemployment generally related to economic downturns and ups. Of course, cyclical unemployment al..

Global open banking and open finance directory launched

Global open banking and open finance directory launched

Launching today, the Open Future World directory is the first inclusive, global and easily-searched directory of organisations involve..

 What Is Affirmative Action

 What Is Affirmative Action

What is affirmative action? Affirmative action, also referred to as diversity and inclusion policy is a set of steps that most employe..

What Is Endometriosis

What Is Endometriosis

What is endometriosis? Endometriosis is a condition in which pieces of the reproductive tissue that normally lines the uterus (uterine..

What Is A Surname

What Is A Surname

What exactly is a surname? A surname, otherwise known as the personal name of an individual, is the name of a group of individuals or ..