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Ajay Lalu

Ajay Lalu

Co-founder and director, Consumption Information Real Time (CIRT).

He is a certified IOT professional and chartered accountant who is a serial entrepreneur who has founded several successful companies, including the Black Lite Group. Lalu has showcased CIRT's solutions at the world's largest IOT conference, IOT Solutions World Congress, Barcelona, 2019, and regularly comments on technology developments.

A guest lecturer at the Gordon School of Business on digital innovation and strategy, he has been involved in technology innovation since 2018.

Lalu is committed to changing the lives of ordinary Africans through his involvement in various NGOs, such as Greenpeace Africa and the Distell Development Trust. He is greatly involved in initiatives aimed at developing SMMEs and tech start-ups, based on his life experiences.

Articles

BI and Data Analytics

Successful retail is all about the data

Some leading South African retailers have just lately shown how data can unlock the future of online shopping, and provide insight into customer behaviour.

BI and Data Analytics

Data: A pot of gold for retailers

Retail data is the best there is, but are retailers truly seizing this great opportunity not only to revitalise their own operations, but to open new revenue streams?

Retail Technology

Hybrid retail model spells opportunity for brick-and-mortar stores

As the world struggles back to something like normality, retailers need to look at the role of brick-and-mortar in an increasingly omni-channel world.

Tech helps retailers overcome supply chain challenges

Retailers face headwinds in 2022 on many fronts, with disturbed supply chains and their impact on customers only one such issue.

Is South Africa ready for the fourth industrial revolution?

SA, and possibly Cape Town in particular, can become Africa's Silicon Valley, but we need to create an eco-system of support for all internet of things start-ups.

In the thick of the opportunity revolution

The fourth industrial revolution is characterised by a fusion of tech that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, creating endless possibilities.

Key lessons for companies embarking on digital transformation

Digital transformation is not a silver bullet, as it is a fact that few digital initiatives will result in a 10x factor of change − contrary to the claims of some consultants.