Innovation at the speed of business

G20 countries could miss out on US$11.5-trillion of cumulative GDP growth if the growing digital skills gap is not addressed, according to Accenture, says Robin Fisher, Senior Area Vice President, Salesforce Emerging Markets.

Digital transformation is an ongoing strategy and often we don’t see the specific results other than in the success of an organisation says Bluegrass Digital CEO Nick Durrant.

While ICT companies and investors might not always see eye to eye with the regulatory authorities, any gaps between their positions are more likely to be narrowed through engagement says John Syekei, Head of East Africa IP and Technology Practice, Bowmans Kenya.

Mobile technologies, it appears, could well be the levers that accelerate economic growth on the continent says Julien Fouriot, Sales Director for Africa, Crosscall.

It is imperative to perform readiness checks before backups run, have active monitoring in place during backups, and post-backup reviews says Hemant Harie, MD at Gabsten Technologies.

People need to understand they are the target, security vendors must help lower the security poverty line, and the media should look beyond sensationalism says Brendan Kotze, Chief Development Officer, Performanta.

By enabling more people to plug into global flows of information, communication, and services, digitalised infrastructure could grow the African GDP says Mohammed Amin, Sr. Vice-President – MERAT, Dell Technologies.

Narrowing the digital divide could help through job creation, skills development, and access to digital innovations says Steve Briggs, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at SEACOM.

Business leaders, their security teams and their technology partners need to urgently implement new controls says Titilayo Adewumi, Regional Sales Director: West Africa at SAP.

During these trying times, upskilling our leaders can help us navigate the inevitable changes our organisations will face says Tom Marsicano, CEO of ‘and Change’ a global advisory and change management consultancy.

Is 5G genuinely a value-add on a continent that suffers from connectivity complexity and limited infrastructure asks Oluwole Babatope, Senior Research Analyst, IDC West Africa.

The potential to create positive solutions for some of our most pressing challenges is even greater if this industry-mined data can be shared with others says Kabelo Makwane, Managing Executive for Cloud, Hosting & Security at Vodacom Business.