Brand South Africa in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) IDC, FNB, Multichoice and Old Mutual invite media to an Industry 4.0 workshop, which will be used as a platform for business to discuss Africa’s readiness to adapt to the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
In 2018 - the South African government and the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the launch of an Industry 4.0 Centre in South Africa for Africa, which aims to bring together business leaders, governments start-ups, civil society, academia and international organisations, to co-design and pilot innovative approaches to policy and governance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era. From a policy and country positioning perspective, this means an opportunity to gather industry insight on where strengths and weaknesses lie for South Africa and the continent.
Consequently, the workshop’s theme will be ‘Responding to the Emergence and Impact of the 4IR’, with a key objective of interrogating the ‘African Digital Economy’ in order to establish what Industry 4.0 is and to unpack its implications for government, business, and society at large.
Date: 07 March 2019
Time: 13h30 – 16h00
Venue: Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC), 19 Fredman Drive, Sandton
RSVPs:
Tsabeng Nthite
Cell: 076 371 6810
Email: tsabengn@brandsouthafrica.com
Interviews:
Tsabeng Nthite
Tel: 011 712 5061
Mobile: 076 371 6810
Email: tsabengn@brandsouthafrica.com
