In the spirit of Innovation, Oracle renews its commitment to the South African startup scene by establishing its first Innovation Hub in Johannesburg— it is a first in Africa.
Oracle, one of the world’s foremost Cloud service providing companies created this Innovation Hub to further all kinds of Digital Transformation in the Country, breaking grounds in emerging technology like Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain Technology.
This Innovation Hub will be a platform for Oracle’s customers, Partners and other Stakeholders to get a better grasp of new Technology that genuinely have the ability to change the South African Technological Terrain. In a chat with the Managing Director and Technology Leader of Oracle Africa , Nira Patel.
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He said “As a leading cloud solutions company, we are focused on supporting South Africa’s public and private sector drive impactful transformation with latest digital technologies. Oracle’s new innovation hub in Johannesburg will act as a catalyst to help drive awareness, experimentation and implementation of transformational initiatives that will be customised to address local challenges and create new opportunities.”
The Innovation Hub will be situated within the Company’s Johannesburg office and will be ready in the middle of 2019. The building will be state of the art, designed to benefit a mobile workforce and also, will be fit to promote collaboration amongst workers.
“Oracle has been present in South Africa for nearly 30 years, and we have consistently invested in driving skills development and empowering local communities. The Oracle Ponelopele Secondary School in Johannesburg, which has now been delivering quality education free of cost to South African students for more than 10 years is a stellar example of this commitment. The new innovation hub is yet another initiative by Oracle to support skills development and further the country’s digital economy”, Patel added.
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