Businesses in South Africa are urged to implement AI policies, but they must first establish robust cyber security and data governance frameworks before attempting to integrate AI technology.
The event, themed ‘changing lives through technology’, focused on how business leaders and channel partners should approach AI, with emphasis on policy, data protection, and ethical use. He added that board members have the overall responsibility to ensure that, just as cyber security risks are addressed, data governance and AI policies must also be implemented.According to Datacentrix Group CEO Ahmed Mahomed, while South Africa’s channel partners are encouraged to explore AI and new opportunities for growth, innovation, human development, and competitiveness, this must go together with a focus on data sovereignty.
“The message we are sending to our partners and market is that tech is no longer an enabler, it is a driver in today’s digital economy.In a highly connected, converged and increasingly hybrid business landscape, CEOs are concerned about keeping up with the speed of change, that competition is now global, the shortage of skills, and decisions based on the ‘hype-trap’.