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Upskilling for the Digital Economy
- 2. Gilford T Hapanyengwi President Computer Society of Zimbabwe (Director of ICT - University of Zimbabwe)
- 3. What is Digital Economy? Where is it located? To up skill something it has to have been there ◦ FACT: Zimbabwe 96% Literacy rate ◦ Zimbabwe ?% Technology Literacy Rate ◦ Zimbabwe ?% Technology Development Literacy Rate
- 4. Connectivity Devices Market (People) (Customers) (Users) Services
- 9. The Youth Adults Customers Businesses
- 10. Digital Awareness Digital Exploitation
- 11. Characteristics ◦ Global Perspective Products of the digital world Shapers of the digital world ◦ Zimbabwean Perspective Varied backgrounds
- 12. Digitally Exposed Youth ◦ Have a usage advantage Consumer mentality ◦ Need a building/developer advantage Deliberate upskilling required Digitally Starved Youth ◦ Little or no exposure ◦ Need both usage advantage ◦ Need building/developer advantage
- 13. Introduction of Digital Appreciation Introduction of ICT Usage ◦ E-learner ◦ ICDL kind of programmes Introduction of appreciation of ICT reach Introduction of ICT development
- 14. Curriculum change ◦ Ministry introduces ◦ Industry co-sponsors Introduction of development competitions ◦ To identify talent ◦ To stimulate understanding Young Adults development boot-camps ◦ To identify talent ◦ To get relevant solutions ◦ MNOs stimulating solutions from them
- 15. Characteristics ◦ Digitally amazed Belgian Bus Experience ◦ Slow adopters ◦ Urban and rural split
- 16. Awareness Campaigns Availing of products Availing of convenience Marketing
- 17. All age groups are customers ◦ Youth Games Education Applets Social Media Options ◦ Young Adults Gaming Social Media Convenience SWAG
- 18. Urban Adults ◦ Convenient services ◦ Easy to use services Rural Adults ◦ Easy to use services ◦ Truthfulness ◦ Ride on Mobile-Money Success
- 19. What percentage of business in your area is now digital or could be digital? ◦ CASE study Zimbabwean Banks vs Mobile Money
- 20. Executive (Owners) (Decision Makers) Board Management ICT department
- 21. Executive/Board ◦ Characteristics Owners Decision Makers Typically not part of the youth movement ◦ Required Skilling King 3: ICT Board presence Reality: All should be ICT “s”killed ◦ How to Skill Exposure to global products Back to “quick” school
- 22. How to Re-tool businesses ◦ R&D Partnerships with Academic Institutions ◦ In-house applet and solutions development
- 23. Management ◦ Characteristics Business focused Seeking Differentiation Seeking Competitive Advantage ◦ ICT Business Alignment
- 24. Synergies to ensure quality training at ◦ Universities ◦ Colleges ◦ CPD What is required ◦ Resources ◦ Renewal of skills ◦ Continued upgrade of curriculum
- 25. Consumer Electronic Store World Wide Developers Conference www.flurry.com