Just Start
JUST START. EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY By Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech Here be Dragons! There’s something about that moment when you go: File > New. Together with the beauty of the blank page, the nothingness also invokes, fear. Fear of uncertainty. At the start of a project is when we know […]
Digital transformation is key to any business’s success
Tjaard du Plessis is the Head of Digital and Emerging Technology at Synthesis As the world adapts to the realities of Covid-19, industries and businesses need to have a firm grasp on digital transformation in order to compete. Not only does it exist to solve business problems, eliminating complexity through technology but also to remove […]
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 […]
The Tortoise and the Hare, Enterprise vs Startup
Once upon a time there was a tortoise. And its name was Kodak. The end. Unfortunately for Kodak, this wasn’t a fairy tale and it didn’t have a happy ending. Kodak, at its peak, was selling 20 million film cameras a year. Kodak also invented a digital camera 16 years before they became mainstream. But […]
Synthesis develops ground-breaking technology to support farmers across South Africa
Synthesis, a South Africa, home-grown specialised financial technology company that provides software development, consulting and integration services to financial institutions, has enabled the roll out of another groundbreaking innovation in financial technology by developing the e-Accounts portal for UNIGRO Financial Services. UNIGRO, the financial services division of leading agricultural services company AFGRI, became the first […]