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GUGU LOURIE | JSE-listed hoteliers Southern Sun and City Lodge aim for zero waste (opens the original)
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Food waste has long been the hospitality industry’s dirty secret. Typically disposed of with general refuse, food waste contaminates recyclables and bloats landfill volumes. Compactors often worsen the problem, causing breakdowns and costly collections and generating odours and methane, a potent greenhouse gas. With South Africa’s national waste minimisation strategy targeting 50% organic diversion and the Western Cape set to ban food waste from landfills from next year, hotel groups are being c
GUGU LOURIE | Is AI-powered personalised banking working for us? (opens the original)
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Despite the arrival of fintechs and cellphone banking apps that enable clients to do online transactions, South African bank branches still serve a huge number of clients. When clients choose to walk into a bank it is not a sign of tech failure or a rejection of banking apps; it simply indicates that banking remains, at its core, a human enterprise. Around the world banks are redesigning physical banking spaces to focus less on routine transactions and more on advice, engagement and customer exp
GUGU LOURIE | Winery’s eco-army shows nature trumps robots in farming (opens the original)
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The development of AI-enhanced humanoid robots with incredible capabilities, showcased on social media platforms, has ignited debate about the future. Dominating my tech feed recently was the news that Sany’s truck plant in Changsha, China, is trialling humanoid machines on final assembly lines. The discourse fluctuates between breathless excitement and existential dread. A concerned person asks: “Will these bipedal bots replace us all?” Another commentator argues that China isn’t automating to
GUGU LOURIE | Can Canal+ take Moment to globalise MultiChoice’s fintech play? (opens the original)
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When Canal+ finally sealed its acquisition of MultiChoice after years of chasing the deal, the French media group’s executives were crystal clear about their intentions. This was a content play, pure and simple. Canal+ boss Maxime Saada told the Sunday Times that MultiChoice’s “belief in diversification” was the key difference between the two companies. In plain language, the French were not interested in building a techcentric African octopus; they were interested in a profitable, focused pipel
GUGU LOURIE | Takeaways for Takealot from the Chinese experts (opens the original)
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While globalisation marches forward, a trend is emerging: great local companies are winning out over their multinational competitors. A recent MIT Sloan Management Review article noted that this trend was especially true in emerging markets, where multinationals were assumed to enjoy superiority. Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman famously pointed out that his stiffest competition comes not from Procter & Gamble but from fast-growing local players. South Africa is considered an emerging market, but
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