The new world of tablet and smartphone apps may be just a few years old, but South African companies’ app development strategies are maturing rapidly, integrating more tightly with core business operations, adding more value to the user, and ultimately combining to give local consumers an array of diverse apps.

As new consumer-facing apps enter app stores on a daily basis, enterprises are finding new ways to apply consumer app principles to their workforces – to enable remote working, increase productivity, and improve collaboration and employee engagement.