{"id":75893,"date":"2016-08-05T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/data-analytics-professionals-to-tackle-the-best-approach-for-harnessing-the-power-of-analytics-in-south-africa-this-september\/"},"modified":"2016-08-05T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T06:53:19","slug":"data-analytics-professionals-to-tackle-the-best-approach-for-harnessing-the-power-of-analytics-in-south-africa-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/data-analytics-professionals-to-tackle-the-best-approach-for-harnessing-the-power-of-analytics-in-south-africa-this-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Analytics Professionals to Tackle the Best Approach for Harnessing the Power of Analytics in South Africa this September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data Analytics Professionals to Tackle the Best Approach for Harnessing the Power of Analytics in South Africa this September<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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Research conducted by Corinium Global Intelligence shows that South African organisations are beginning to realise the value that lies within their data.<\/p>\n

How can the power of analytics be harnessed to improve and modernise process, performance and profitability?<\/p>\n

The Chief Analytics Officer Forum Africa 2016<\/strong>, hosted by Corinium from 26th to 29th September in Sunninghill near Johannesburg, has been launched to capitalise on this interest in South Africa and to discuss the most critical data analytics challenges.<\/p>\n

Articulating these insights to business in a way all stakeholders understand and use is a major challenge in the analytics profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalytics and data is now a c-suite initiative, being included as part of the strategy for enhancing all areas of interaction with the customer at FNB\u201d states Yudhvir Seetharam , Head of Analytics, FNB who will be elaborate further on their strategy at the forum next month<\/p>\n

Annie Symington, HOD: Analytics at Multichoice, who will be also speaking at the forum, reinforces this further: \u201cKeeping it simple and close to the customer is imperative. It\u2019s important for business to understand what the customers are doing\/preferring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speakers include an accomplished group of experts from across the data analytics spectrum who will share their insights for shifting the cultural mind-set to this customer first approach to problem solving.<\/p>\n

The 4-day agenda will cover topics such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n