Wits Business School is pleased to invite you to a public advocacy dialogue to explore how digitally driven employment interventions and increased digital literacy can enable greater, more inclusive workforce participation. This dialogue is in support of the B20’s role in building inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, specifically through one of its key focus areas: promoting the adoption of digital technologies to drive productivity and bridge the digital divide.

Keynote address:

• Ms Nolwazi Gasa, Deputy Director-General Policy, Planning and Strategy, Ministry of Higher Education

Panellists:

• Anne Makena, Founder and CEO – Research Alpha; Director of Partnerships and Development University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda; Special Advisor, Africa Oxford Initiative
• Ekow Duker, Founder and CEO, The AI Shop
• Kuben Nair, Chief Technology Officer, Harambee Youth Employment
• Allen Blue, Co-founder and Vice-President, Product Management, LinkedIn
• Mitch Hughes, Programme Director, Master of Management in Digital Business, Wits Business School (moderator)

Don’t miss this important discussion which will bring diverse voices together to help build a digital policy framework in line with the goals and priorities of South Africa’s G20/B20 presidency.