Kerr is the Founder and Director of Argon Supply Chain Solutions and is a 20+ year veteran in logistics and transport planning.

Before founding Argon Supply Chain Solutions, Kerr worked at many other prominent companies in South Africa.

This includes working as a Â鶹ԭ´´ EWM Solution Architect and Consultant for Pick n Pay, a Â鶹ԭ´´ EWM Consultant for Barloworld, a Mobile Specialist for OneArch Consulting, and a Â鶹ԭ´´ WM Consultant for Pioneer Foods.

Kerr is an Â鶹ԭ´´ Certified Associate and Application Professional specialising in Â鶹ԭ´´ solutions such as EWM, TM, SRM, WM, Mobility, and ATTP.

He also boasts a strong understanding of data collection technologies and supply chain solution architecture.

The interview

In this What’s Next interview, Kerr explains what Argon Supply Chain Solutions does and how retailers can maximise the potential of Â鶹ԭ´´ S/4HANA Cloud to streamline their operations and improve efficiencies.

He unpacks why having Â鶹ԭ´´ Supply Chain as part of the S/4HANA Cloud implementation is essential.

Kerr also discusses how Â鶹ԭ´´ improves vendor compliance and creates better retail practices.

He concludes the interview by sharing how he sees automation and AI features impacting supply chain solutions.

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Gibbs is the Chief Executive Officer at the African Â鶹ԭ´´ User Group (AFSUG) and boasts 28 years of industry experience.

In her current role, which she has held for three years, Gibbs oversees a network of Â鶹ԭ´´ customers and partners and helps them realise the full benefits of their Â鶹ԭ´´ Investments while shaping the future of Â鶹ԭ´´ software development.

Gibbs is a Â鶹ԭ´´ User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) member, a global platform for dialogue and collaboration between Â鶹ԭ´´ users and Â鶹ԭ´´.

Mathebula is the Chairman at AFSUG and is an industry expert with over 25 years of experience.

Across this quarter century, he has held multiple key roles that have given him the knowledge and skills to execute the duties of his current position.

These roles include:

• CIO at Trident Steel Africa
• Strategic Advisor to AnalyticsX
• Independent Audit and Risk Committee member for the Commission for Gender Equality
• Independent Non-Executive Director at Armscor
• Head of IT – Business Applications and Solutions Lead for Saint-Gobain Africa
• Â鶹ԭ´´ SD Business Analyst for RCL Floods

Mathebula holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and Strategic Information Systems from Alba Graduate Business School, as well as a BCom and BCom Honours from Rhodes University.

The interview

In this What’s Next interview, Mathebula explains what AFSUG is, noting its importance in the current Â鶹ԭ´´ market, and Gibbs outlines the organisation’s goals and vision for the future.

She then unpacks the upcoming Â鶹ԭ´´HILA 2025 event, an IT conference for key decision-makers and professionals in the Â鶹ԭ´´ ecosystem.

Mathebula reveals which individuals outside the Â鶹ԭ´´ industry should attend Â鶹ԭ´´HILA 2025, and Gibbs explains how interested parties can register for the event.

They conclude the interview by sharing their message for anyone who has never attended a Â鶹ԭ´´HILA event.

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Jappie is the Â鶹ԭ´´ Retail Capability Lead for Accenture Africa and is a seasoned IT executive with over 20 years of experience.

He excels at building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders and has worked with retailers across South Africa, the UK, and Europe.

In each of these markets, Jappie has been involved in large and impactful Â鶹ԭ´´ transformation projects.

He holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Cape Town and a National Diploma in Marketing from Nelson Mandela University.

The interview

In this What’s Next interview, Jappie explains why retailers must move to a cloud ERP system — focusing on as an example.

He then outlines how Accenture helps its clients overcome their biggest operational challenges when transitioning to S/4HANA, while ensuring they make the installation as cost-efficient as possible.

Jappie shares the recent innovations he’s seen in the retail ERP space, too, and explains how these new technologies help retailers stay a step ahead of their competitors.

He concludes the interview by unpacking the trends he expects to emerge in the ERP cloud industry.

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She has over 10 years of experience working in Information Technology, Public Health, Financial Services and Telecommunications industries in both Canada, Sweden, Denmark and Nigeria.

Titilayo is passionate about advocating for Women’s Leadership and Growth.

In this episode of What’s Next, Adewumi talks about Â鶹ԭ´´’s operations in West Africa. She explains the type of customers and industries that Â鶹ԭ´´ services across West Africa and discusses the relevancy of cloud in West Africa.

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Banks has worked at Â鶹ԭ´´ for over 10 years and is passionate about helping Â鶹ԭ´´ customers drive innovation through the use of the latest technologies.

Mabotja is focused on cementing Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s commitment as an enabler and exemplar of purpose-growing awareness and scaling the impact of Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s purpose and sustainability offerings and initiatives.

In this episode of What’s Next, Banks and Mabotja discuss the importance of sustainability in the South African business space.

Banks begins the conversation by unpacking why South African businesses in particular should be concerned about climate change.

He then discusses the lack of appropriate legislation for how businesses handle climate change on the continent – noting that businesses that do not take climate change seriously face big challenges when trying to export their goods.

Mabotja explains how African businesses can begin their sustainability journeys so that they become responsible players in local and global markets.

She also unpacks the role that business leaders must play in leading efforts to build more sustainable organizations, and shares statistics in terms of how expectations are changing for these key stakeholders.

Banks then explains how Â鶹ԭ´´ is a leading enabler of sustainability through its technology solutions, before Mabotja discusses what Â鶹ԭ´´ is doing to reduce its own carbon footprint – both locally and internationally.

Both Banks and Mabotja close by outlining their three key takeaways that businesses should consider to accelerate their sustainability journeys.

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Dube leads a team that inspires Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s customers to envision the full potential of digitalisation of their business processes. His team helps companies understand the path to harnessing the synergies of digitized value chains.

Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Solution Advisor supporting inbound logistics sales processes across Africa and the Middle East. Over numerous years he assisted companies across Africa and Europe implement software applications to automate and optimise their supply chain processes.

In this episode of What’s Next, Dube unpacks the key trends among companies that are performing well in a post-pandemic world. He discusses the differences between traditional ERPs and Cloud ERP – explaining how there has been an evolution in terms of what these systems offer.

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Mpho Matsitse is the Head of Industry and Value Advisory at Â鶹ԭ´´ Africa.

In his role, Matsitse leads a team of highly talented industry and value advisors across the Â鶹ԭ´´ Africa region.

This high-performing team acts as trusted advisors to Â鶹ԭ´´ Africa’s customers by offering a value-based engagement approach that helps customers advance their adoption of leading Â鶹ԭ´´ technologies to unlock new business value.

Matsitse aims to use his ability as a business strategist to enable the successful growth of transformative organisations actively enacting positive change.

In this What’s Next interview, Matsitse explains what value management is and where the concept comes from.

He also unpacks why value management is a necessity for any organisation investing in technology.

Matsitse then discusses how businesses can engage with Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s value advisory services to help drive business transformation and achieve successful outcomes.

He motivates why businesses should use Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s value advisory services over those of its competitors and concludes by providing advice to those considering adopting a value management approach to business.

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Sound previously worked as a Consultant at Deloitte in Kenya, and then as a Technical Trainer and Infrastructure Consultant at InfoSys in Ethiopia.

He joined Microsoft as a Senior Consultant in 2003 and went on to become the Specialist Sales Unit Manager in 2010.

Sound also worked at Oracle in Kenya from 2013 to 2019 — first as a Senior Sales Manager and then as a Sales Director.

In this What’s Next interview, Sound joins Aki Anastasiou to discuss how private and public sector organisations in Africa can accelerate their digital transformation through the cloud.

He explains how the cloud provides innovation and agility to businesses of all sizes and unpacks which aspects businesses should focus on when moving to the cloud.

Sound then highlights the impact of digital transformation in the East Africa region and explains how Â鶹ԭ´´ technologies are helping businesses in these regions to succeed.

Finally, Sound explains how businesses can get in touch with Â鶹ԭ´´ to begin their digital transformation journey.

The full interview with Â鶹ԭ´´â€™s East Africa Regional Director, Hardeep Sound, is embedded below.

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Moyo is also a member of Â鶹ԭ´´ Africa’s Senior Leadership team and the EMEA-South Marketing Leadership team.

He has extensive sales and leadership experience in the technology sector and was previously the Â鶹ԭ´´ Head of Sales for Southern Africa.

Before joining Â鶹ԭ´´, Moyo worked as the Head of Client Services Contact Centres for STANLIB.

Moyo also worked at Dell Technologies for almost 15 years, first as a Technical Support Manager for over six years and then as the Southern Africa Senior Sales Manager from 2011 to 2019.

In this interview, Moyo joins Aki Anastasiou to discuss Africa’s technology adoption compared to the rest of the world.

He talks about the significance of tech-enabled SMEs in Africa’s economic development and highlights the challenges that technology can solve to boost business growth.

Moyo also discusses how SMEs need access to key technologies and explains how Â鶹ԭ´´ can help these businesses achieve this.

He then highlights how technology has helped SMEs navigate disruptions such as the Covid-19 pandemic and how it can strengthen business resilience and continuity.

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What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou is South Africa’s premier technology show and is the perfect platform to showcase your company and its executives.

What’s Next was launched in June 2020 and became an instant hit thanks to Anastasiou’s excellent interview style and the quality of his guests.

Guests include business leader Michael Jordaan, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub, Discovery CEO Adrian Gore, Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka, and FNB CEO Jacques Celliers.

The show’s popularity continued to grow over the last two years and will soon exceed 3 million views.

Companies realised the power of What’s Next and booked interviews for their executives to showcase their products and position them as thought leaders.

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