We are in a digital era, we must own the gold, which is our data, and use it to our advantage. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here and it entails changes in the world of work and affects everyone, including governments and companies. There is an acceptance of the confluence of technologies that use large data sets, “big data”, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, blockchain and system programming to bring intelligence to machines.
provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making. It also regulates the flow of personal information across the borders of the republic. The draft policy defines the digital economy as a hyper-connected economy characterised by a growing number of interconnected people, organisations and machines through the web and by the use of digital technology which includes advanced manufacturing, robotics and factory automation, new sources of data from mobile and ubiquitous internet connectivity, cloud computing, big data analytics and artificial intelligence.
In a post-Covid-19 universe we need to explore the 4IR to create home-grown innovation to resolve our agriculture challenges, improve our lives and facilitate commerce. Smart farming can add value to the land-reform interventions and when redistribution of land is done, young people can be empowered with hi-tech greenhouses, as well as farm automation to make farms more efficient. These options are likely to excite youngsters and present more opportunities for their participation in agriculture.
As the saying goes, “every move we make, every step we take, creates an output of data”. It can be scary, when you think deeply about it: every tech business , despite their contention at times that their main business is advertising, is eager to control and use our data output. To grow, businesses want to know and predict our tastes, behaviours and buying patterns. Our data are used to predict in what is called the predictive economy.
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