Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 29 | Page 43

COUNTRY FOCUS: COUNTRY BOTSWANA FOCUS: conducting transactions online. It is now a fundamental element of doing business whether you are in government, running a multinational organisation, or just launched a start-up. Even consumers have a better understanding of digital, thanks to the pervasiveness of social networking, music and video streaming services, and instant communication platforms. potentially content). This is also creating opportunities for other businesses to launch solutions that deliver value through digital means. Cloud services, data analysis, business intelligence, IoT and more are just some examples of how technologies can bridge the divide between traditional views and digital ones. Business applications For example, telecommunications operators are seeing changing consumer usage (from voice calls to data-driven services) impacting on their business strategies. Utilising a Digital Transformation-led approach, they must adapt and look at increasingly innovative ways to deliver services (and www.intelligentcio.com New software applications that integrate chatbots, IoT capabilities, Machine Learning or Blockchain capabilities, enable businesses to be agile, empowering them to compete as a modern and integrated enterprise of today. Ricardo Flores, Senior Regional Manager of SADC Applications at Oracle INTELLIGENTCIO 43