Bloomberg reports that digitisation and automation advancements could add 1.2 million jobs in South Africa by 2030, McKinsey & Co said in a report Thursday.  

Technology-related gains could triple South Africa’s productivity growth, more than double growth in per-capita income and add more than a percentage point to the real gross-domestic-product growth rate over the next decade, the report indicated.  Still, McKinsey cautioned that “concerted action will be needed from businesses, government, labour organisations and educational institutions” to realise the gains.

• Read the original of the above report by Antony Sguazzin at Moneyweb

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