NEWS
Wyzetalk scoops employee engagement award
experience forward by changing the way
organisations think about and engage with
their people.
The percentage of engaged employees
globally has remained stagnant in recent
years, but the needle is finally moving in
the right direction. Businesses are actively
seeking to drive behaviour among their
employees and are tailoring their strategies
to do exactly that.
Jasper van Heesch, Head of Business
Development (Wyzetalk), Kate Walker,
Senior Project Manager (Wyzetalk) and
Lamese Abrahams, Deputy Director of
Executive Education (Wits Business School)
W
yzetalk, a leading employee
engagement company that connects
large organisations with their frontline
workers to improve communication,
increase engagement and drive business
performance, has been named Employee
Engagement Consultancy/Vendor of
the Year at the 2019 African Employee
Engagement Awards.
The awards are the first and only dedicated
platform to recognising excellence in
employee engagement – inspiring action
and driving the industry and the employee
“Employee engagement begins with an
open channel of communication between
head office and the entire workforce and yet
traditional communication methods typically
exclude frontline employees,” said Gys
Kappers, CEO of Wyzetalk.
“This award shows how Wyzetalk is helping
organisations, like Sasol, to be more
productive and responsive by digitising
organisational processes like payslip and
leave processing, resulting in reduced
overheads and improved service delivery.”
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VC4A announces top 12 ventures for
Series-A Venture showcase
V
C4A has announced the 12 ventures
for its 2019 Venture Showcase. These
companies represent the best investment
opportunities on the continent and have
been vetted by 40 VC investors through a
rigorous referral and selection process.
The companies demonstrate strong revenues
and a competitive edge, are well-positioned
for regional and internal expansion, and are
working on important innovations in the
healthcare, finance, transport, commerce
and advertising sectors.
The founders will showcase their businesses
in front of the investors at Africa Early
Stage Investor Summit in Cape Town on
November 13 to 14, with the aim of raising
US$250,000 to US$5 million in Series A
capital. All companies provide technology-
intensive or innovation-based products or
services that are currently available in one or
more African markets.
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The 12 companies are 7keema (Egypt),
Brimore (Egypt), Buseet (Egypt), CredPal
(Nigeria), CrowdForce (Nigeria), FinChatBot
(South Africa), FlexClub (South Africa),
LifeBank (Nigeria), Mobiz (South Africa),
Snapnsave (South Africa), Yassir (Algeria) and
VRapeutics (Egypt) for the Seed+ category.
During the residency, the startups will have
the opportunity to interact with and learn
from their mentors, peers and partners, before
delivering their pitches on the main stage of
the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit.
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