Kwazulu-Natal rolls out the red carpet for 9000 international delegates attending the Leading World Tech Conference
Durban's hosting of the influential International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World conference for the first time on the African continent will go a long way towards profiling the Province of KwaZulu-Natal as a suitable location for mega events, investment and tourism.
This is the upbeat assessment by the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Sihle Zikalala, ahead of the three-day conference taking place at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre to, among other things, discuss investment opportunities for socio-economic development through information and communication technologies-ICT.
Zikalala who is also the Leader of Government Business in the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal said the City of Durban was ready to host more than 9 000 delegates that were expected to grace the 2018 chapter of ITU Telecom World.
“The Province of KwaZulu-Natal is known the world over for successfully hosting major events and we are excited that this massive gathering of high profile delegates will, among other things, focus on the appetite for ICT in Africa as a driver of economic development. We will participate fully as the provincial government so that we can learn how to bolster our programme of using ICT for innovation and development,” added Zikalala.
Mr Zikalala added that the conference served as rendezvous for global citizens to share ideas on how the world can equitably leverage knowledge and experiences on advancing technological capacities to grabble with the changing socio-industrial world order.
“The digital age is influencing every facet of our lives. There is no doubt that the technological revolution has become an infection that no nation with ambition to improve the lives of its citizens could ignore it. Our view is that developing nations would need support to bolster their programmes of infusing digital development and application of technological solutions to their economies and social systems.”
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