Connecting the world: Global Trends in e-governance

Gallagher Convention Centre, was hosting the e-Government Summit that took place on Monday 02 November 2015 and day 2 on Tuesday 03 November 2015.

Source : The Telkom stall

A keynote session took place from 07:00 - 11:00 and the programme director was Barbara Creecy , MEC for Finance followed by morning refreshments. At this time people could go to Hall 2 where there were different stalls put in place showcasing their products and informing delegates or potential clients about the services they provide, these are some of the company's that were representing themselves: Gauteng Province; Telkom; Vastracktech; Huawei; T-Systems; Bytes technology group; Altech; Cloudseed; Astel and Info Guardian.

Source: left: Lorna Mafa from T-Systems
Right: Sam Khambule

The high-level of panellists of the public and private sector participants were outlining the status quo of e-governance in South Africa and in the continent benchmarking against some of the most progressive international best practices: International good practice in e-governance; Progress made in the African continent; Progress made in South African public service; and The role of Telkom in Connecting South Africa.

The second session was the panel: GCR initiatives on the e-governance for a faster public services: GCR broad band connectivity; Specialised services; E-services and common platforms; International good practice on local government services.

Source: Key speaker: Sian Lip Tan
and the Panellists

Barbara Greecy touched on the implementation and improving of technology in the next four years to extend the provision of fibre in places where there is no network 50 00km.

The objectives that where looked at were: The high cost of ICT and telecommunications; Reducing the cost of services; Increase in people being able to access the internet and the flexibility.

Later on we were graced by entertainment from The laser light team;The Soil; Ndumiso Lindi as an MC and comedian.