Hopes that 4IR will boost NDP’s job creation
GIVEN the centrality of information technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in South Africa’s development path, the combined tech-no-scepticism and geo-political effort to prevent the roll-out of 5G as critical infrastructure may be a threat to the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP).
The warning was highlighted by several speakers at last week’s webinar hosted by the Moja Research Institute and Progressive Blacks in ICT, which said it brought together a panel of experts to dispel the untruths and reflect on what 5G means
