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Digital tech breaks the mould

By Candace Bosch, Conference producer
Johannesburg, 09 Dec 2014
Neil Jacobsohn, CEO of FutureWorld SA, will deliver the keynote address at the ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2015.
Neil Jacobsohn, CEO of FutureWorld SA, will deliver the keynote address at the ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2015.

Digital technologies are transforming business, the economy and society. With this in mind, ITWeb presents an exciting new event aimed at companies serious about business in the digital age.

ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2015, scheduled for 21 and 22 April at The Forum, in Bryanston, will include highly respected innovative thinkers and researchers, who will share their insights on the impact of digital trends and technologies across a range of sectors, including digital currencies, big data, digital media, digital marketplaces and much more.

MasterCard has tagged SA's digital economy as the most developed in Africa, and one of the fastest growing in the world, according to the new Digital Evolution Index developed by MasterCard and The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

SA's speed of growth can be attributed to the rapidly increasing portion of the population with Internet access, an 86% adult mobile phone penetration rate, and a highly developed telecommunications network, says Ted Iacobuzio, vice-president for global insights at MasterCard.

"What is significant is all four of the African countries measured - SA, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria - share a common trait of moving at a high rate of speed toward digital evolution, demonstrating huge growth potential for e-commerce."

The theme at ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2015 is: "Break the mould - be your own disrupter", and the event aims to both challenge and support ICT and business leaders to evolve into their own disrupters and take charge of the changes posed by the development of the digital economy.

ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2015 - 21 & 22 April

Meet the challenges and grasp the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Break the mould and become your own disrupter. Click here to register and learn how to build your business in a digital world.

Key insights from digital economists, futurists, innovators and other thought leaders will provide delegates with practical, hard-hitting advice on how IT must evolve to support business. Neil Jacobsohn, CEO of FutureWorld SA, will deliver the keynote address at the summit. Jacobsohn is an award-winning journalist, digital entrepreneur, company director and professional marketer.

He will outline five broad categories pertaining to the digital economy, namely the workspace, business models, digital currencies, the changing role of IT, and digital lifestyles. These are vital aspects to learn, says Jacobsohn: "We are living through the greatest power shift mankind has yet seen."

Click here to find out more, pre-register and respond to the Call for Papers.

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