Africa Urged to Embrace ICTs
African economies can fully derive maximum value from their resources if they embrace the use of information technology, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has said. Speaking during the launch of Twenty Third Century Systems’ Africa Graduate Trainee Programme in Harare yesterday, Dr Sibanda said the world was in the era of “knowledge economy” that is characterised by the pervasive influence of ICTs. Link
Meetings Africa 2015: Conventions Will Be Key to a Balanced Economy
Late last month in Johannesburg, Derek Hanekom, the new South African Minister of Tourism, officially opened the 10th edition of Meetings Africa, the continental showpiece that “Advances Africa Together,” with the announcement that his country has already attracted 177 major international association meetings slated for the next five years. But much as the R3.5billion [about US$285M] tourism impact resulting from 250,000 delegates attending these events will be welcome, the contribution to Africa’s knowledge economy will be far more important. Link
South Africa as a continental PhD hub?
Internationally, the importance of the doctorate has grown. Heightened attention has not been predominantly concerned with the traditional role of the PhD – providing a future supply of academics – but has focused on the increasingly important role higher education is perceived to play in the knowledge economy, specifically with regard to high-level skills. Link