We need significant new investments and mechanisms for upskilling and reskilling in the digital and ICT space.
Reflecting the shortage of such skills, the 2019 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey found that across sectors, Seta authorities identified digital and ICT roles as hard-to-fill vacancies.
Initiatives on the ground
Conscious of this need to enhance South Africa’s ICT ecosystem on every front, Huawei is deeply invested in several initiatives.
Huawei’s Tech4All digital inclusion project in South Africa looks to teach digital and literacy skills at a young age
Building an IT consciousness has to start early, and Huawei’s Tech4All digital inclusion project in South Africa looks to teach digital and literacy skills at a young age through our DigiSchool project in partnership with operator Rain and educational non-profit organisation Click Foundation, aiming to connect 100 urban and rural primary schools over the next year.
As a sector and as a society, we must work to enable this, to allow this greatness to blossom, by providing ICT and digital skills for all who need them.
