Douglas Mboweni

Technological advancements have entirely reshaped the organizations but also changing the nature of work. Innovation will continue to accelerate and creating opportunities, paving the way for new and altered jobs, increasing productivity, and improving the delivery of public services. With the COVID-19 pandemic that projected loss of over 200million jobs across the world, and this estimated a total of 38 million jobs lost in the eastern African region only. This shows that in order to earn and thrive in a post-COVID world requires immediate attention and re-skill and up-skill our youth, citizens and decision makers. Digital skills development is more than ever at the heart of Africa’s current and future socio-economic development in Africa in order to leapfrog the benefits of digital transformation. In addition to being the second most populous continent in the world after Asia, Africa has also the youngest population, with more than 1.3 billion people. This panel will discuss the future of workplace, policies that are needed