Tag: information and communications technology
Joan Joffe – riding the wave of success
ICT’s first lady has a simple formula for success – work exceptionally hard and watch out for opportunities. And the time for women is now: a woman brings a more consultative, empathetic approach “and that is the kind of leadership we need in South Africa today. We don’t need autocratic leadership.”
• Businesswomen leaving a legacy
Investing in African youth
The Rockefeller Foundation is investing $100m in a seven-year project to assist a million young people in Africa through jobs and skills in the information communication technology sector. Its focus will be on high potential youth who lack access to jobs and economic opportunities.
• Citizens in charge of their destiny
Africa ‘to target 80% online by 2020’
Africa is targeting 80% internet connectivity by 2020 as the continent pushes for mass entry into the knowledge and information economy, Communications Minister Dina Pule told the inaugural ICT Indaba in Cape Town.
