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How can ICT help achieve South Africa’s National Priorities?

How can ICT help achieve South Africa’s National Priorities?. Aggrey Rantloane Cisco Systems. MTSF Government Priorities. Skills Development & Job Creation. Country Transformation thru: Affordable Broadband - Next Gen Government - ICT as government enabler. e-Education Strategy

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How can ICT help achieve South Africa’s National Priorities?

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  1. How can ICT help achieve South Africa’s National Priorities? Aggrey Rantloane Cisco Systems

  2. MTSF Government Priorities Skills Development & Job Creation Country Transformation thru: • Affordable Broadband • - Next Gen Government • - ICT as government enabler • e-Education Strategy • “Schooling 2025” • Pro-Poor Packages • Curriculum delivery thru ICT Rural Development • Food Security • Land Reform • Access to Services • Poverty Eradication Safety & Security Education • Fight Crime & Corruption • Revamp Criminal Justice Systems • Efficiency of courts • Cyber Crimes Health • e-Health strategies • Access to affordable healthcare • Hospital Revitalisation

  3. Connected Education

  4. Policy, Learning/Teaching, Management and Community Objectives Technology Objectives AligningEducation & Technology • IP/BEST PRACTICES: • 21C Schools • GLOW/SSDN • Jordan & Egypt Education Initiatives • NetAcad Program • Cisco Entrepreneur Institute • Learning@Cisco • Collaborative Research (HiEd/NREN) • PEOPLE: • Education Transformation Specialists • Former Professors, Teachers, School Principals… • Experienced consulting leaders • Enterprise Architects • Project Managers • Advisory Services • for Education Ministries • for Schools/Universities • for NRENs • PARTNERSHIPS: • Content Creation/Sourcing • Education Apps./SW • UNESCO – Teacher CPD • Partnership for 21C Skills • Harvard, Stanford… • Digital Opportunity Trust • PROCESSES: • Educational Processes • Business Processes • Program Management • Change Management • ICT Architecture • ICT Management • Service Creation

  5. Education Delivery Platforms

  6. Connected Safety & Security

  7. Six Architecture Building BlocksOpen Platform for Safety and Security Open Platform for Safety and Security Preparation and Prevention Recovery Response Detection Decision Assessment

  8. Geographic and sensor data correlated and an event is raised ShotSpotter sensors detect acoustic signatures of a gunshot. Alert data including audio clips and video feeds are available to command & control center and dispatcher. The video surveillance system identifies cameras in the area and slews them to the location of the shot to gather video Dispatcher notifies police and provides audio, video, and other relevant data Officers arrive on scene with unprecedented situational awareness. Benefits Scenario - Gun Detector SolutionShots Fired • Provides automatic detection and location of shots fired • Automatically enriches situational awareness with video • At each stage, all logs, communications, video, and sensor data securely stored for forensics purposes

  9. Connected HealthCare

  10. The Virtual Clinic Concept Fixed Health Pod Accessible by: Primary Doctor Specialist Nurse Clinic Mobile Health Pod Patient Services • Routine medical care • Access to EMR/ PHR • ePrescribe medication • Enhanced Wellness Management • Disease Management At Home Devices Bluetooth Enabled

  11. Virtual Clinic through HealthPresence

  12. Virtualising Healthcare Delivery

  13. Summary

  14. Bottom of the list currently…. Below “critical mass” for broadband economy to “take off” Source: Point Topic 2008, Cisco IBSG Analysis 2008

  15. Africa 2.0: The Golden Rings Opportunity • Major Submarine Cables Landing in African • Cities • Bandwidth costs have dropped 30% • More capacity than Europe in 2 Years. • Costs will drop another ~90% • Market will drive advanced services. • Greenfield “Gold Mine” • True “Continent Transformation” Possibilities

  16. Broadband Quality: Enabling richer solutions Source: ITIF, April 2008; Cisco / ICT Barometer, July 2008, IBSG analysis 2009, WEF report http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gcr/africa/1.5.pdf

  17. South Africa 2025: the broadband fuelled vision

  18. Thank You

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