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Dec 9, 2024 | 
speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |Adam Craker
To execute vital structural changes, we need to address the three real constraints to South Africa’s growth.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
businesslive.co.za | Adam Craker
In the face of SA’s complex challenges, the path to sustainable economic growth feels elusive. While structural hurdles such as inadequate infrastructure, energy instability and policy uncertainty are often cited, a deeper, more fundamental set of constraints are at play. These are not external or technical problems; they lie in the very mindset, competencies and behaviours of the people and systems that can either drive the country forward, or hold it back.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |Adam Craker
Those of us committed to a growing and digital future will be watching parliament closely on Thursday and Friday.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
imd.org | Amit M. Joshi |Öykü Işık |Tomoko Yokoi |Adam Craker
It’s a year since the launch of ChatGPT, an event that marked an inflection point in AI adoption. This innovation catapulted AI from a futuristic concept to an everyday reality. As the speed and sophistication of AI tools increase, we must ask ourselves: Where does human agency sit in an AI-enabled future? To answer this question, consider a lesson from Betty Crocker. When the iconic instant cake mix was launched in the 1950s, suddenly home bakers needed only to add water and stir.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
imd.org | Adam Craker |Tomoko Yokoi |Michael Wade |Sarah Toms
Before the Indian government’s economic liberalization policies lit a fire under Bengaluru’s (Bangalore) incredible transformation into India’s “Silicon Valley”, it was a sleepy city favored by retirees. The ensuing IT and outsourcing revolution changed all that, and India – with Bengaluru at the forefront, rode the new tech wave to redefine itself as an economic powerhouse on the global stage.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
iol.co.za | Adam Craker
In July a gas explosion devastated Lilian Ngoyi (Bree) Street in the Joburg CBD. Collapsed road infrastructure from the blast continues to paralyse daily traffic and movement, says the author. Picture: Itumeleng English African News Agency (ANA)Published 13m ago | Published 13m agoBy Adam CrakerAs news coverage surrounding the deadly fire in the Johannesburg CBD is lessening, we should all remember that 77 people, including 12 children, lost their lives.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Adam Craker
Adam Craker is a business leader, and co-director of Jozi My Jozi, NPO. The residents of Johannesburg are not an apathetic group, but we are an overwhelmed, exhausted and bewildered group. Our love for the city runs deep and with this love comes a sense of responsibility and ownership.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
businesslive.co.za | Adam Craker
The 25th Brics summit to be held in Johannesburg later this month has attracted a lot of attention, but an unavoidable truth is that the Brics alignment simply doesn’t inspire the economic optimism it used to when SA joined in 2010. With the economic uncertainty and geopolitical instability we are experiencing it is difficult to tap into the original optimism the Brics alliance ignited. Yet some of our Brics partners offer important economic lessons for SA.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
businesslive.co.za | Adam Craker
The lack of youth leadership in SA politics, government and business is often lamented. Critics point to the advanced age of leaders, to outdated approaches, and to a system they call “calcified”. We can debate how this unquestioning support for older leaders has contributed to SA’s current problems, but there’s no denying that reliance on the qualification of age alone will destroy us.
