Building a Globally Competitive Tech Hub

Future Cities Africa podcast

English - June 24, 2022 08:10 - 32 minutes - 60.4 MB
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Sebekedi Motlhabane (Mo) Koloi is Greenfield Investment Portfolio Manager for Technology at Wesgro. In episode 4 of the 10 episode Wesgro Series on Future Cities Africa we discuss: Building a Globally Competitive Tech Hub.

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Wesgro

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Breakdown of his role at Wesgro. Tech ecosystems. How the Cape Town / Western Cape tech ecosystem stand up to the rest of the world. Competition between different areas (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Saldanha, etc.) within the Western Cape. Why competition between different areas in the Western Cape is good and how it enables them to draw even more robust value propositions for investors. What exactly draws Tech investors to the Western Cape. The vital ingredients for the development of a competitive tech ecosystem. Why it is important, from a government and from an economic growth point of view, to support the development of a competitive tech industry. Levers the government have to support the development of a competitive tech industry both at a provincial and national level. Companies and Institutions mentioned; Jumu, Yoco, Luno, WhereIsMyTransport, GetSmarter, Amazon Web Services, University of Cape Town, University of the Western Cape, University of Stellenbosch, Cape IT Initiative, Silicon Cape, Stellenbosch Network).

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