Rocketfuel for Government
By Ian Houvet, Director, Boxfusion At the beginning of February, President Ramaphosa took to parliament to deliver his second State of the Nation address. For many South Africans, this was a refreshing update on the intentions of government, and not just because there were no walk-outs, heckling or interruptions. For […]
By Xolile Ndlangana, Marketing Director, Boxfusion During the annual state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa flagged the need to embed ICT infrastructure into our schools, starting with those schools that service historically disadvantaged and rural communities. This indeed is a commendable goal, to see technology take front and […]
By: Ian Houvet – Director, Boxfusion We live on a mobile planet, and not just in the sense of its revolutions around the sun. In the 21stcentury, mobile phones have moved from being just accessories to essential instruments of communication in managing our daily lives. In evolutionary terms, they have […]
By Dudley Petersen, CIO at the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs There is an African proverb that says: “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” I believe that this is never truer than when it comes to partnering for […]
By: Ian Houvet – Director, Boxfusion “Wasteful expenditure”, it’s an ugly turn-of-phrase that has become so commonplace in South Africa’s political discourse. Usually we associate wasteful expenditure with illicit tenders and shady, underhanded deals, but what about software used in government processes? It is both ubiquitous and invisible, which means […]
By Xolile Ndlangana, Director at Boxfusion In the digital age, we see rapid innovation and technological developments emerging from the private sector on an almost-daily basis, whether it’s sending people to colonise Mars, or developing AI. Whichever way you look at it, digital is integrated into our lives, improving, automating, […]
