The world is experiencing an unprecedented acceleration in technological advancement and implementation.

a major constraints to their businesses. In South Africa, 39% of core skills required across occupations will be wholly different by 2020.

Saadia Zahidi, the head of education, gender and work and a member of the executive committee at the WEF, said many jobs in the region are becoming more intense in their use of digital technologies.

“The data show that, to prepare for the future of work, the region must expand its high-skilled talent pool by developing future-ready curricula, with a particular emphasis