Johnathan Paoli
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande praised the country for its achievements in skills development and for propelling South Africa forward in a world increasingly driven by technology and innovation.
Nzimande addressed the GovTech 2023 held at Durban ICC on Wednesday, under the theme of “Platform Economy for Digital Transformation and Inclusive Growth”.
He said the role of digitisation in solving simple problems and challenges remains fundamental in addressing such problems as why fax numbers and fax machines are still being utilised, and why still in many cases emails as means of communication are still rejected in favour of papers that must be posted.
Nzimande challenged GovTech to identify things they will change from one conference to the next and said that the reduction of the digital divide could effectively be facilitated by empowering women, youth and people with disabilities, with special attention
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