Brave Banking
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager Imagine a world of less admin, less adulting. A world designed to make your life easier, happier, and simpler. A world where you are less confined to the box of banalities. This is the world imagined by Synthesis Chief Disruption Officer, Tom Wells, on a recent podcast with Howard […]
Synthesis makes business easier
Synthesis, a South African success story, established over two decades ago, offers customised strategic solutions and software products for the financial, retail and healthcare sectors to name a few. It has been supporting Mauritian companies for 10 years. Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital and Emerging Technology, talks about the strategies developed to better […]
Yes you can (but should you?)
By Synthesis Steyn Basson Over the course of the last year, we have all been forced to work from home a lot more than ever before. And if you are like me, you will have realised quite quickly that we weren’t quite set up for this new way of work. I am not referring to […]
Regulatory Reporting…Whose Problem is it Anyway?
By Synthesis Steyn Basson When I was a teenager I loved to read. I still do, but an abundance of audio-books, on-demand television shows, podcasts, and general work means I don’t get to do it as often as I used to. One of the main reasons I loved reading, was because of (amongst others) an […]
AI, freedom of expression and the press.
By Hanno Brink, Synthesis Machine Learning Engineer A free press or media has an important role to play in democracies as it is responsible for gathering and distributing the information that citizens use to decide how they are going to vote. They then have the further responsibility to monitor and hold those in power accountable. […]
Giving Back When People Feel Like They Are Giving In
By Belinda Unterslak, Synthesis Events and Marketing Coordinator Late one evening a few weeks ago, Synthesis was tagged in a Twitter thread that discussed what people need money for and how much. We were tagged in the post as someone wanted to develop their app with us. When we read this thread, we saw the […]
25 disadvantaged youth graduate with an NQF Level 5 in IT Systems
By Belinda Unterslak, Synthesis Events and Marketing Coordinator On 1 April 2021 Synthesis and Afrika Tikkun Services celebrated the graduation of the 25 students who graduated with an NQF Level 5 in IT Systems Development, accredited by the Media Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA). The learnership programme takes place […]
Technology, the liberator
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager Technology liberates. This was the motif of a recent podcast featuring Nedbank’s Executive of Emerging Payments, Chipo Mushwana, Entrepreneur & Author of KasiNomics, GG Alcock and Synthesis team members, Howard Feldman, Pierre Aurel and Craig Leppan. Nedbank, in partnership with Synthesis, has released the first Tap-on-phone technology in Africa, […]
7 Tips & Tricks for Staying on Top of Tech Trends – Don’t be a ‘Technology Fool’
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager Since about 1582*, people have been falling victim to April Fool’s pranks. Historians have speculated that this day originated in France when the country switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and, with this, they moved the new year from the first of April to the first […]
From Server to Software Engineer
A Journey of Perseverance By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager “Your mind is your biggest problem,” says Rodney Mapako giving the rather unexpected answer to the question “what advice you would give to someone in your shoes?” The shoes being referred to are those of not being able to afford to study and having this block your desired future. Mapako overcame his mind, financial difficulty and […]