South Africa is caught in the global hype of the fourth industrial revolution

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Gilwald, A. (2019). South Africa is caught in the global hype of the fourth industrial revolution. The Conversation, 20 August 2019

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The author argues that uncritically embracing the World Economic Forum's concept of 4IR technologies having the potential to propel digitally-ready countries into a new age of economic prosperity is distracting South Africa from the unfinished business of redressing inequality and creating the preconditions for an inclusive digital economy.

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