{"id":35521,"date":"2013-04-14T00:46:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T22:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=35521"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T07:21:01","slug":"sa-business-and-innovation-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/35521\/sa-business-and-innovation-status\/","title":{"rendered":"SA business and innovation status"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa ranks 55th out of 144 countries in terms of its business and innovation environment, according to the latest report by the World Economic Forum (WEF<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The international body published its Global Information Technology Report 2013 earlier this week (10 April), and revealed that South Africa climbed two positions overall, to 70th place.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite a sharp improvement in the development of its ICT infrastructure (59th)\u2014notably in terms of international Internet bandwidth capacity (66th)\u2014and a strong uptake by the business community (33rd), the ICT impacts (92nd), particularly the social ones (112th), remain limited,\u201d the report said of SA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe perception of a lack of clear government vision (105th) to orchestrate and implement a holistic ICT strategy for the country, coupled with deficiencies in the educational system for some segments of the population (102nd), play negatively in this process and outweigh a rather positive political and regulatory framework for ICT development (21st) and pro-business environment (55th<\/sup>),\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\"Business<\/a>

Business Innovation in SA<\/p><\/div>\n

The Global Information Technology Report 2013 features the latest results of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI<\/a>), offering an overview of the current state of ICT readiness in the world.<\/p>\n

South Africa ranked 81st for individual usage of ICT, 33rd for business usage, and 102 for government usage.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the report noted that the country ranks 59th for infrastructure and digital content, 104th for affordability, and 102 for skills in the ICT space.<\/p>\n

For economic impact, SA ranks 51st, and for social impact sees the country at 112th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\"South<\/a>

South Africa Network Readiness<\/p><\/div>\n

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