Can Ramaphosa breathe new life into SA`s digital economy?

2018-09-01 -

David Meintjes, managing director at Connection Telecom, asks the question, `Can President Ramaphosa breathe new life into South Africa`s Digital Economy?` David Meintjes, managing director at Connection Telecom Early 2018 represented a new beginning and elicited a collective sigh of relief for millions of South Africans, ushering in an end (or the beginning of an end, at least) to a tumultuous era during which the shortcomings of our national government were thrown into sharp focus for millions of citizens. A new hope for greater social and economic inclusion, an end to corruption, and a thriving economy was born with the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa to the country’s top office. A celebrated struggle stalwart with a passion for transformation, a shrewd businessman and dollar-millionaire many, many times over, it seems the ruling party’s promises to bring South Africa into a new era of economic prosperity might finally be coming to pass

And in a rapidly globalising and digitising landscape, our ICT sector, in particular, stands at a crossroads �` poised to either help drive our country forward or further extend the technological stagnation that many believe has already been allowed to go on for far too long. President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to fix our economy, but it won`t be easy... As a leading South African cloud provider, it is naturally in Connection Telecom’s interest for the prosperity of businesses in the sector to be prioritised at this critical point in our national development. However, no good corporate citizen can ignore the needs of those South Africans that are barred entry into our digital economy due to lack of internet access. If the government’s Digital Industrial Revolution Commission is to achieve its goals, a two-tiered approach that addresses both markets is paramount.