3rd Annual Early Childhood Development & Basic Education in the 4th Industrial Revolution Conference 2023

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About The Conference

At the start of April 2022, the Department of Social Development handed over the responsibility of early childhood development to the Department of Basic Education, paving the way for earlier schooling in South Africa. Early childhood represents a critical time to shape productivity, when the brain develops rapidly to build the foundation of cognitive and character skills necessary for success in school, health, career and life. The migration of ECD to the DoE provides an opportunity to craft and implement innovative strategies to strengthen foundational learning, looking at the continuum from birth to early grades.

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“Early Childhood Development Education – Education beyond the Perceived Horizons!”

Panel Discussion

Topic:

Deployment of 4G and 5G networks to rural towns & Informal Sectors and how this will benefit the education sector

The South African government is aiming to provide universal internet in the next two years but is this still a viable plan? About 46% of the South African populations are active internet users. Stats from January 2022 show that about 40 million South Africans regularly connect, but this leaves a huge proportion of the population that isn’t digitally-enabled.

Connectivity in South Africa still has a long way to go if digital inclusion is to be a reality. Infrastructure development is essential, especially in remote or rural areas which are largely underserved by internet service providers (ISPs). To achieve its goal of providing universal internet by 2024, the SA government has to overcome some big obstacles, particularly in terms of infrastructure roll-out and a much needed digital transformation of public services.

Our Panelists Discussing these topics are:

Neo Phukubje

Neo Phukubje started her career at the Telkom Group in Information Technology and has worked in different parts of the business including International and Wholesale Services Business. She was the Senior Manager: Solution Architecture in Telkom Business responsible for Corporate Customers when she was seconded to Telkom Group Strategy during the Wholesale Retail separation of the business. Having left the business shortly thereafter, Neo has held some key roles in the Telecommunications industry such as Nokia Siemens Networks responsible for building technology business cases for Telecommunications Operators in the Middle East and Africa, and as Head of Strategy and Partnerships at TymeBank where she was tasked with leveraging the bank’s digital ecosystem platform for business growth by developing channels, product extensions and building key partnerships.

Juanita Clark

With almost 20 years’ experience in the Telecomms industry, and having worked at multiple technology layers in the telecommunications industry, Juanita Clark is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the FTTH Council Africa, based in Midrand, South Africa. Juanita is also co-founder of the Fibre Optic Association Africa, a society for fibre optic professionals with a core focus on skills development.

Dobek Pater

Extensive work as a researcher and analyst in the ICT markets with a strong focus on the telecommunications market. Experience in managing a small, professional company, as well as business development in new markets. Areas of expertise (ICT markets): market research and analysis; strategy analysis; market entry strategies; competitive intelligence analysis; business plan development; professional report writing; Excel modelling and forecasting. Extensive work experience in developing markets with a strong focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

Jackie Momberg

Jackie Momberg is the Founder/Managing Director of Bundu NetworX , a South African Internet Service Provider based in KwaZulu-Natal supplying internet not only to the Coastal areas, but to outlying and hard to reach parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well. We can proudly say we have supplied internet from sea level to the top of Sani Pass and a lot of areas in between. This indicates our PASSION and COMMITMENT to expanding the network to inaccessible areas and providing internet to people who would otherwise have no access.