When it comes to the important matter of digital transformation, Harvard Business Review points out that digitisation of the economy is the most critical issue of our time. This is unsurprising when one considers how digital technologies are rapidly transforming business practices and societies in a manner that is driving the evolution of innovationbased economies.

Joshua Moses, deputy director for IT Management and Development at the Department of Treasury in KwaZulu-Natal told delegates at the recent MTN Enterprise Forum, held in Durban and focused on ‘The Future of Connectivity’, that we can no longer deny that the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is coming.