Digital automation a threat to SA employment and economy – Expert

Digital automation a threat to SA employment and economy - Expert

Picture: Reuters. Cape Town – South Africa’s fragile economy and growing unemployment could be further impacted by digital automation in just seven years, if the country fails to remedy the situation.

This is according to Dr Roze Phillips, who holds a postgraduate diploma in futures studies, is an alumnus of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) and the managing director for Accenture Consulting in Africa.

Phillips, speaking at USB’s Leader’s Angle event on Monday, said South Africa needed to act now to ensure humans and machines could work together in the future. READ: High residential rent keeps Western Cape’s inflation […]

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