Major multinational ICT companies can help drive exponential growth in the South African ICT industry by doing more to develop local skills, companies and partners.<\/p>\n
That is according to Simbo Ntshinka, Managing director of black-owned enterprise communications provider Itec Tiyende.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a huge opportunity, as an industry, to create a thriving home-grown ICT industry that is built on local skills and talent, and makes a greater contribution to the national economy,\u201d said Ntshinka.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe multinationals dominate the industry through their sheer scale \u2013 but can help ignite a renewed local ICT boom if we get to a point where small or large projects are implemented through partnerships with level-one black owned businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ntshinka says the industry\u2019s efforts to drive empowerment, transformation and skills development have lost momentum in recent years, and while multinationals have well-established go-to-market channels in South Africa, there is more that can be done to empower and create a dynamic local partner network.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, we see thousands of jobs going unfilled in the ICT industry because of a lack of skills – jobs, that if they were filled, would see the entire industry take off,\u201d said Ntshinka.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a huge demand for skills, but the supply just isn\u2019t there. At the same time, we have a major youth unemployment problem in this country. It just doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we create a new wave of partners who use their local knowledge and insights to take the multinationals\u2019 technology to market, we would be helping build a bigger skills base and providing even more opportunities for young South Africans \u2013 it\u2019s a virtuous circle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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