Identifying Opportunities to Drive Demand for ICT in South Africa
by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, 2012Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This report is part of the Vision 2020 process of the Department of Communications. It reports on a three-part analysis of the links between ICT investment and job creation in South Africa. It reviews barriers to broadband usage, assesses demographic trends, and offers a global review of demand-side interventions. The presentation suggests a three-pronged strategy…
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by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, 2012Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
South Africa’s aspiration for 2020 is to achieve 100% broadband coverage, while maximising both economic and employment growth. A number of paths can be followed to achieve this target: enabling digital citizens, supporting the industry, and building global leadership in ICT products and services. These dimensions are not sequential. For example, India was not a…
read more >>Cloud computing in South Africa: Prospects and Challenges
by GILLWALD, A., MOYO, M. & ALTMAN, M., 2012In Unlocking the Benefits of Cloud Computing for Emerging Economies (eds Cowhey, P & Kleeman, M. Monograph, University of California-San Diego.
Cloud computing is scalable, on-demand provision of remote computing and data storage. Its dramatic growth is captured in a 2011 study that predicted that by 2014, over 60% of the world’s server workloads would take place on virtualised cloud servers, up from 8% five years earlier. This growth stems from the cloud’s advantages of scale…
read more >>ICT Skills at the Intermediate Level in South Africa: Insights into Private Provision and Labour Market Demand
by AKOOJEE, S., ROODT, J. & ARENDS, F., 2007Monograph, Cape Town: HSRC Press
Human capital in the ICT sector has become a key policy issue for innovation and economic growth. This makes it necessary to identify the skills currently available in the sector and to establish whether these are in line with the requirements of the labour market. This research project assessed the demand for intermediate ICT skills in…
read more >>ICT and Associated Professionals
by MOLEKE, P., PATERSON, A. & ROODT, J., 2003HRD Review 2003: Education, Employment and Skills in South Africa. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Press. Chpt 27, 634-659.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have played a major role in shaping employment growth in the developed world, especially in the services sectors. Moleke et al. consider factors affecting the supply and demand of ICT workers in South Africa. In the case of training supply, the analysis reveals that only a small proportion of learners…
read more >>A Contribution to the Analysis of the Employment Creation Potential of Recycling in South Africa
by LOWITT, S, 2007Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Lowitt offers an overview of global trends in recycling, defined as the recovery and use of waste. She identifies innovations and explores how these innovations can be used in South Africa. It goes on to investigate the economic benefits of, and current thinking on, recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national…
read more >>A Preliminary Analysis of the Plastics, Paper and Glass Recycling Database: An Introduction to the Nature and Dynamics of the Industry
by LOWITT, S, 2008Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment & Growth, prepared for the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Tourism and the Department of Science and Technology
The purpose of this research programme, supported by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and of Science and Technology, was to create the first economic database of plastics, glass and paper recycling activities in South Africa. These sectors have not been enumerated to date. This report is a…
read more >>Global Trends in Waste Management: Some pointers for South Africa
by FAKIR, S, 2009Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria
Fakir considers the growth and job-creating potential of the recycling industry. He reviews global trends in recycling, identifies innovations, and explores how these can be used in South Africa. The paper investigates the economic benefits of recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national resource. The life cycle of materials is examined…
read more >>Resource Based Technology Clusters, Phase 1: A Theoretical Background to Innovation Studies
by ILIEV, I. , 2004Research report, Employment and Economic Policy Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria. Prepared for the Department of Science and Technology
This paper contributed to a joint programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek to explore innovation aimed at addressing the requirements of a country’s resource industries. This know-how can then migrate laterally to other industrial uses. The resource-based technology clusters programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek proposed that this could…
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