SPONSORED | SA needs to use its strengths to help close the digital divide. Ironically, one of these strengths is a large youth population with a high rate of mobile phone ownership. salesforce
Businesses that are not upskilling staff are doing their people a real disservice, says Salesforce SABusinesses that are not upskilling staff are doing their people a real disservice. Picture: 123RF/HASLOO
A recent Business Day Dialogue, in partnership with Salesforce, the world's number-one enterprise customer relationship management platform, explored just whatThe discussion — watch a recording of the webinar below — also focused on the role of businesses and the government in helping to cross the digital divide.
The digital divide starts in childhood, with research revealing the differences between children with access to the internet and those without — even if they have equal IQ levels.
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