The mission of national governments is to provide effective services to citizens, residents, tourists, and visitors while improving outcomes for both constituents and the governments themselves. Governments across the region are increasingly deploying emerging technologies and innovations to provide efficient information and services while protecting, sustaining, and enhancing societal and quality-of-life outcomes. In line with this, a recent IDC survey found that 33% of government CIOs in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa are currently deploying or exploring AI and machine learning applications, while 32% are prioritizing robotic process automation over the next 12-18 months with the aim of driving innovation and delivering world-class services.
Those governments that have accelerated digital investments and implemented national transformation strategies are expected to be more resilient to potential shocks and long-term stresses. To this end, the region’s government executives are embracing innovative digital technologies to make intelligent, transparent policy decisions that deliver seamless services to citizens and businesses.
The annual IDC Government Congress is the year's most anticipated gathering of government and public sector transformation experts. The 2022 edition will delve into a range of today’s most pressing topics, presenting essential guidance on the use of chatbots and data intelligence to personalize services and exploring strategies for accelerating digital innovation while protecting privacy and fostering digital sovereignty.
Andries Lombaard
Country Manager, IDC South Africa
Norbit Williams
Director/CIO, Department of Small Business Development
John Bosco Arends
Group Head Information and Network Technology Operations, City of Johannesburg
Makabongwe Siziba
Director: Corporate Governance of ICT, Department of Public Service and Administration
Themba Mnguni
Deputy Director (IT Audit), Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development
Sumeeth Singh
Cloud Provider Manager, VMware
Michael Langeveld
Chief Technology Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Ajay Govind
Systems Engineer, Fortinet
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
VMware & BCX
VMware
VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact.
BCX
BCX, a giant in the digital space, is a subsidiary within the Telkom Group. As a digital transformation partner to enterprises and public sector organisations across various industries and sectors within South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, the U.K., and Zambia, BCX delivers solutions impacting how people live, learn, and work every day. BCX is a proud Level 2 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment company with over 5,000 employees committed to enabling transformation.
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all their data. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open, and intelligent technology solutions delivered as a service – spanning compute, storage, software, intelligent edge, high performance computing, and mission critical solutions.
Datacentrix is a hybrid ICT systems integrator and service provider that leverages technology to achieve the right business outcomes. Datacentrix shares longstanding relationships with customers and technology partners who endorse its expertise and mature offerings. Datacentrix is recognized for its agility, industry knowledge, execution capability, ethical practices, and strong performance.
Fortinet
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 595,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, or FortiGuard Labs.
KnowBe4
The Maslow Hotel, Sandton, South Africa
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
09:30 AM (SAST Time)
Language
English
Registration Fee
Free of Charge : For End Users (not IT + Consultant companies)
Contact
For More Information, contact: Lizelle Jones - Senior Conference Manager, South Africa
Mobile: +27 73 4043099 | Email: ljones@idc.com
The Maslow Hotel, 6 Sandown Valley Crescent, Sandton
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