Building a Globally Competitive Tech Hub

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sebekedi Motlhabane (Mo) Koloi is Greenfield Investment Portfolio Manager for Technology at Wesgro. In episode 4 of the 10 episode Wesgro Series on Future Cities Africa we discuss: Building a Globally Competitive Tech Hub.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This episode is brought to you in partnership with <a href= "https://www.wesgro.co.za/corporate/home"><span class= "s1">Wesgro</span></a></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Listen or watch to understand:</strong></span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Breakdown of his role at Wesgro.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tech ecosystems.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How the Cape Town / Western Cape tech ecosystem stand up to the rest of the world.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Competition between different areas (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Saldanha, etc.) within the Western Cape.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Why competition between different areas in the Western Cape is good and how it enables them to draw even more robust value propositions for investors.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What exactly draws Tech investors to the Western Cape.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The vital ingredients for the development of a competitive tech ecosystem.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Why it is important, from a government and from an economic growth point of view, to support the development of a competitive tech industry.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Levers the government have to support the development of a competitive tech industry both at a provincial and national level.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Companies and Institutions mentioned; Jumu, Yoco, Luno, WhereIsMyTransport, GetSmarter, Amazon We