Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 07 | Page 28

TALKING BUSINESS Why practical skills training should be a strategic imperative for SA’s IT leaders With new technologies constantly evolving the workplace, the need for highly-skilled and ambitious individuals is growing exponentially and South Africa is currently unequipped to respond. This is a challenge for the country and Gareth Hawkey, CEO of redPanda Software, explains why practical skills training should be higher on your priority list. 28 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com