Cyril Ramaphosa wants SA to embrace 4IR | IOL News

Midrand - President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday South Africa must embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution and harness the opportunities it offers in order to eradicate the biggest challenges society faces.

"Given what we know today about the potential beneficial impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we must embrace this historic confluence of human insights and engagement, artificial intelligence and technology, to rise to the challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality," he said. Ramaphosa was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural 4th Industrial Revolution SA Digital Economy Summit in Midrand.

Ramaphosa said that government has set itself the task to pioneer new technologies and taking quantum leaps towards the economies of the future, and to drastically improve production levels.

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