Most organizations have no alternative but to urgently commence being digital, even more so during the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. In the water sector, the transformation has tended to be rather lethargic, an observation from a developing country perspective, viz. the Republic of South Africa. One of the key success factors of addressing and dealing with the pandemic is credible data availability, analysis, interpretation, and communicating the outcomes to the population at larger. The water sector is thus required to urgently incorporate tools and techniques to enable manipulation of data gathered at the respective utilities to realise this requirement. Digital transformation, with the right people and leadership, will facilitate a successful delivery.
Published by Billy Vusumuzi kaTwala, Managing Partner at IKAMVA
Most organizations have no alternative but to urgently commence being digital, even more so during the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. In the water sector, the transformation has tended to be rather lethargic, an observation from a developing country perspective, viz. the Republic of South Africa.
One of the key success factors of addressing and dealing with the pandemic is credible data availability, analysis, interpretation, and communicating the outcomes to the population at larger. The water sector is thus required to urgently incorporate tools and techniques to enable manipulation of data gathered at the respective utilities to realise this requirement. Digital transformation, with the right people and leadership, will facilitate a successful delivery.