1. ICT Business Plan Representatives: Mteto Nyati. -
ICT Business Plan Representatives: Mteto Nyati - Altron Group Chief Executive Doug Wooley - Dell EMC VP Sales & GM South Africa
16 January 2019

2. ICT Sector – Represented Companies
Telco
Cloud
Global
Associations
Local

3. ICT SEGMENT MASTER PLAN 1 2 3 4 5 ICT CURRICULUM SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
ICT JOINT INVESTMENT PROGRAM 3
DESCRIPTION
Work with government to introduce new legislation and policies for ICT to become formally part of the education curriculum to support the Digital economy.
DESCRIPTION
Allow / empower the ICT industry to drive ICT SETA SPEND with the objective to drive Critical skills development.
DESCRIPTION
Create a joint ICT sector fund (like an ICT bank) for start-ups and provide preferential / sponsored / free access to our ICT technologies and IP.
EXECUTION PLAN
Digitize the curriculum and include ICT - (digital platform/existing platforms)
Plan to get the teachers upskilled
International best practice – reusable IP
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Inclusion of ICT relevant curriculum by 2020
STEM subjects digitized by 2020
Common Platform for learning by 2020
EXECUTION PLAN
Identify best practice of countries that are making progress
Give the funds back to industry through a tax break incentive
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Self regulation to promote agility 2019
Use the funds for the right/critical ICT skills development – make 30% of ICT skills levy contribution available to establish the right platform
EXECUTION PLAN
A joint ICT industry investment program
Need to make investing in Venture Capital’s in South Africa attractive
Use ICT to fund/enable SMME’s
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Fund Matching – ICT segment/Government 50/50 – Policy in 2019
# new entrants (startups, great ideas) (any segment) by 2021
ICT SEGMENT
CONSOLIDATION OF MINISTRIES 4
R&D INNOVATION INCENTIVES 5
DESCRIPTION
Work with government to consolidate “ICT” related ministries (DST, DOC, DTPS etc..) to radically improve the collaboration, execution, monitoring and evaluation of how the ICT sector and Government partner to achieve economic and social impact.
DESCRIPTION
Work with government to introduce the relevant Research & Development incentives to allow the industry to allocate more resources to innovation and skills development objectives and programs.
EXECUTION PLAN
Consolidate the number of ICT related ministries to ONE
We need an advisory council to the president made up of the ICT industry leaders
ICT advisory council to participate and advise on policy development to support innovation, development & investment (including foreign investment)
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Ask government to consolidate ministries by May 2019
Establish an ICT advisory council to the state president – first sitting by May 2019.
EXECUTION PLAN
Establish regionalised or zoned tax Incentives
MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Grow the R&D investment through relevant incentives
ICT Research & Development to form a subset of the State Presidents stimulus package
Track: Job Creation, Foreign Direct Investment, Skills & SMME development, increase in Jobs of the future
MASTER PLAN