Technology firm Cisco is helping countries like South Africa plug the digital skills gap: It aims to upskill 3 million Africans in the digital and cybersecurity space
The Covid-19 pandemic turbocharged digitisation across industries, such as transport, healthcare, energy and education, and now technology company Cisco is now working on optimising the hybrid working system.
“The economy is challenged in many of our countries and we have inflation at 40-year highs. We also have an energy crisis that we’re trying to manage as citizens, and within our businesses, while feeling the increased pressure on sustainability,” Mars said. On the African continent, Cisco first launched its country digital acceleration programme in South Africa, followed by Egypt.
Cisco says about 45% of the world remains unconnected and Africa would be a big part of the equation in trying to tackle that. “It requires a holistic approach across networking, security, collaborative software and hardware — that is the future of work,” Khan said, adding that the solution lies in reimagining workspaces in the home or office; optimising collaboration across an ecosystem to enable new types of interaction and making sure the enterprise is protected.
“We operate in over 90 countries and can bring our expertise and experience in how we help other governments in shaping their policies to safeguard their countries,” said Asaad.
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