ICT to enhance competitiveness of small businesses

While information and communication technology (ICT) resources in Africa are scarce and expensive, the development of cloud and public ICT infrastructure systems will enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete on an equal footing with large corporations, says multinational IT firm NEC chief engineer Shinya Kukita. With the advent of systems and technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud services, three-dimensional (3D) printing and distributed renewable energy, the scale of companies will be irrelevant in future, he says.