Wednesday 24 MAY, 2023
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON INNOVATION & AGILITY
Before the pandemic, AI and disruptive technology were the most powerful force for change in the world, including in the world of work. Due to the pandemic, the power and the speed of this ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ has intensified creating and enabling seismic shifts in how we live and work and in how businesses, organisations and institutions operate.
Things will not go back to how they were before.
To explore this theme, across one incredible day we will meet and heard from some of the world’s most innovative companies:
24 May 2023 – 08:00-11:30
China is the largest digital economy in the world with more than 900 million internet users.
User demand is constantly driving innovation and new digital business models to the next level. No matter if you find it fascinating or scary, you need to understand the dynamics of the new digital world order.
By 2030, the number of people under the age of 30 living in Africa will exceed 1 billion and represent 65% of the continent’s population.
In Kenya, nearly a million young people enter the labour market every year: sometimes straight from school, sometimes with a hard-won college degree in hand. But right now, less than 10% of young people ever have the opportunity to secure full-time formal employment.
For most young Kenyans, self-employment and entrepreneurship in the informal sector is their only option for securing income and a livelihood. Across Kenya today, there are an estimated 3 million young people running their own businesses, that’s 31% of 15-24-year-olds.
Kenya’s young micro-entrepreneurs earn double the normal income for their age group, adding some $290m a month to their local economies. And, according to the 2019 national survey, 29% of micro-entrepreneurs create work opportunities for one or more people in their neighbourhoods.
For over five decades, Silicon Valley has been a by-word for innovation and great place to work culture.
It’s home to the densest concentration of tech companies in the world, where household names rub shoulders with startups. Despite Covid, the digital natives from Silicon Valley have continued to innovate and thrive.