Wits Connect May 2019

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the deep read

R250bn The amount the ICT sector contributes (approximately 6%) to the country’s GDP.

ICT skills The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering has surveyed skills trends in the ICT sector and says the sector’s potential contribution to the economy is being held back by delays in implementing policies.

books Wits Chancellor Dr Judy Dlamini recently published her second book, The Other Story, which is about African leaders and achievers who have gone out of their way to lift others. Dr Dlamini spoke about it to eNCA

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The number of young people government has committed to training between 2019 and 2030 to become data scientists.

These are the stories that I want my grandchildren to read over and over again, until they see themselves and other Africans in them.


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