Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 37 | Page 30

TALKING ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Trends that will change how Africans do business in 2020 With the World Bank forecasting economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa at 3.6% for 2019 to 2020, some of the world’s most fast-growing economies are in Africa. Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice-President at Sage Africa and Middle East, looks at some of the trends and how businesses in the region can benefit from them. 30 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com