The Kouga Local Municipality has been working hard to establish Kouga as a “Smart City”, which will see the region receive state-of-the-art technology and will ultimately preserve quality of life for residents.
According to Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, a Smart City consists of state-of-the-art technology that is accessible to most residents – if not all – preparing for the concept of Industry 4.0.
Weiterlesen: ZA: Eastern Cape: Kouga working towards Smart City status
Imagine a South Africa where you can apply for an ID or driver’s license without waiting in long queues or being sent home because the system is offline.
One where you can apply for a government job without going through the dreaded Z83 form, one where government processes are transparent and the workers are held accountable.
Weiterlesen: ZA: Government digital transformation in the new normal
South Africa's private sector is abuzz with digital transformation. But what about our public sector? Is our government as committed to technological progress as we need them to be? It might surprise you to hear that the answer is yes and no. But in order to grasp that cryptic on-the-fence answer, you first need to understand that we cannot look at the public sector through a private sector lens.
The public sector, for all its critical importance, and all its apparent failures, is a unique blend of stakeholders, suppliers, financiers and citizens that make up everyone with a South African ID number as well as foreign nationals who come to work and play in our beautiful country. There are successes, but we all know that it can do a lot better.
Weiterlesen: A view of digital transformation in South Africa's public sector
President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of his vision of a smart city and bullet trains in South Africa during his State of the Nation address in June 2019.
While several updates regarding smart cities have been made publicly available, the Presidency has remained quiet on the subject of the bullet train.
Weiterlesen: South African smart cities move forward — bullet train doesn’t
Creative new investment solutions are required to fund ICT infrastructure that can accelerate the roll-out of fast, unlimited Internet and provide low-income households with access to quality and affordable data that can bridge the digital divide.
Infrastructure capital is critical to reducing inequality and poverty and to facilitate the development of the smart cities that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced recently.
Weiterlesen: Ways must be found to bring real Internet to South Africa’s poor