Roc Bai, VP: Huawei Cloud Southern Africa. African organisations now have an opportunity to leapfrog the rest of the world, moving directly into a fully digital era. However, they must advance through their digital transformation journeys now. This is according to Roc Bai, VP: Huawei Cloud Southern Africa. Bai says: “The digital evolution brings a new way for humans to interact with the world. Today we live in an era of data-driven development and companies that fail to keep up with the progress of the times will fall behind and become obsolete. The development of the information society in many African countries lags the progress made in other regions in Europe and the United States, making it important for them to fast-track development.” Bai highlights that organisations planning a digital transformation strategy should align with top digital transformation trends, including process automation, re-engineering and productivity improvements, in order to achieve operational excellence, enable a hybrid and remote workforce and deliver insights at scale throughout the organisation by building capabilities in data and enterprise intelligence. Successful digital transformation can create value for business in three key ways, he says: “Organisations that transform successfully deliver a better experience for customers, users, […]