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Joanne Carew

  • Contributor, ITWeb
  • Content Writer and Strategist, Freelance
  • Freelance Tech Writer, CIO
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Think you're too small for governance and compliance? Think again

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By Joanne Carew
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Graeme Millar, Managing Director, SevenC. When entrepreneurs start a business, they usually think about customers, sales, cashflow and growth, not about governance. Governance and compliance can easily feel like something you only need to prioritise down the line, once the business grows. But retrofitting governance is a bit like trying to strengthen a house's foundations after you've already built the second floor.
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Rewriting insurance

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By Joanne Carew
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Rewriting insurance Insurers are reimagining customer experience rules, smoothing the process of buying insurance and submitting a claim. 01 October 2026 The concept of spreading risk dates back to the Code of Hammurabi from around 1750 BC in Babylon. In the case of a voyage, merchants could take out a bottomry contract – a maritime agreement where the borrower, often a shipowner, pledged the hull of their vessel as collateral.
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Gene editing yields hardier vines

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By Joanne Carew
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Gene editing yields hardier vines Stellenbosch University researchers have edited grapevine DNA to boost resistance to disease and drought. 01 October 2026 Under the microscope: Manuela Campa and her team wanted to rewrite grapevine DNA to reduce susceptibility to disease and drought. Scientists at Stellenbosch University have successfully knocked out a gene linked to how grapevine plants respond to drought and disease.
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