5 things Africa's leaders can do to drive digital growth
1. Break tradition - Governments across Africa need to replace traditional approaches to delivering citizen-centric services with innovative solutions powered by technologies such as cloud computing.
2. Include everyone - There is a concern that digital transformation could increase Africa’s income gap even further, as automated jobs leave the working class unemployed.
3. Democratize information - Data is emerging as the new currency for the digital age, creating new opportunities never imagined in the past revolutions.
4. Create a new playing field for new business models - The enterprising spirit of Africa’s youth reflects how Africans are becoming innovative in finding locally relevant solutions to daily challenges in health, agriculture and education, among other areas.
5. Collaborate to innovate - As governments in Africa continue to aim for economic growth, good governance, innovation in local economies and the creation of jobs, most (if not all) will continue to encounter many challenges in the delivery of services to citizens, to business, or in relation to intra-governmental operations.
Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/5-ways-africa-leaders-can-drive-digital-growth/
By Amrote Abdella