This blog post by Ben Thurman of The Guardian offers an interesting look into how the lives of women in Ethiopia are changing as more opportunities are opened to them. He tells of Memuna, “one of many women in the Bale Eco-region that have benefited from micro loans”. Through these social enterprise ventures, women like Memuna are now being given a sense of independence and the ability to pursue their own business interests.
As mentioned in a blog post by The Guardian, the latest in cloud computing is not for everyone and businesses should not be jumping ship so quickly as this may not necessarily lead to benefits.
The main issue observed is that some businesses see the cloud as the IT solution, however, it has to be integrated into the business effectively for maximum benefit to the firm.
In a report by The Guardian earlier this week, Deloitte is being fined ￡14 million after they were found to have “failed to meet ethical and public interest standards”. In addition, “Maghsoud Einollahi, a former director of the accountancy firm, was fined £250,000 and given a three-year ban from accountancy” – a severe penalty for failing “to consider a conflict of interest in which the firm benefited from the schemes devised by the Phoenix Four”.