Tradepass recently played host to over 700 Big Data enthusiasts virtually at the ‘BYTES ’21: Africa’ summit recently. The summit was attended by speakers and industry experts from Africa and abroad, including government officials to speak and share their valuable insights on the growing Big Data and Analytics market in the continent. The summit covered aspects related to the topic concerning Africa, primarily comprising how different businesses operate and how the government can bring in new changes to make a gradual shift towards a digital economy.
The State Minister from the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia, Dr. Ahmedin Mohammed, laid the blue print for a Digital Ethiopia through his presentation where he mentioned, “Countries that invest in future industries like Big Data, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, stand a good chance at becoming the leaders and innovators in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
He also mentioned how moving towards a digital economy would require a completely new mindset, leadership and an improved coordination between the government and the private sectors.
“Automation and Big Data are in my view the two sides of the same coin and if that piece of metal says digital transformation, then I think that is the new-age currency that the African continent really needs and specially to empower their youth through it”, commented Sriram Narayanan, Vice President, Africa & RoW, Automation Anywhere.
