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Ready to innovate? Ask these questions to set metrics

How CFOs can enable innovation now

The CFO’s ability to enable innovation and spark change can shape a company’s future.
Freight wagons pictured in 2016 carry gravel on the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway line that connects Mombasa, East Africa’s largest seaport, and Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Increasing efficiency of transport and logistics in the continent is key to facilitating intra-African trade.

On track for free trade

The first trade under Africa’s ambitious intraregional pact is set to take place in 2021.
Automation to drive big shifts in corporate reporting

Finance automation: The coronavirus impact

Companies were forced to reconsider their automation efforts, as home working and other business stresses revealed gaps in existing processes.
Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA

Digital: A business protector

Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA, chief executive–Management Accounting at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, says an organisation’s success in the K-shaped COVID-19 recovery will depend on the ability to adapt to the digital environment.
Amy Steele, Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Ask the expert: Blockchain

Amy Steele is a partner in the National Office of Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as the Global and US Audit & Assurance methodology leader for blockchain and digital assets. She co-chairs the AICPA’s Digital Assets Working Group and serves on the Center for Audit Quality’s Emerging Technologies and Cybersecurity task forces.