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Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Witwatersrand

100 years of innovation and inventions: South African vice chancellor reflects on what's next

Vice Chancellor Professor Zeblon Vilakazi and others in the IBM Lab at the opening of Wits university's Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct. Lauren Mulligan/Wits University

We live in a world characterised by inequality, poverty, economic volatility, globalisation, climate change and ambiguity. In my own country, South Africa, residents have to navigate socioeconomic and political instability, power and water cuts, homelessness, unethical governance and mediocre or no service delivery.

It is a far cry from what the country could be if we brought its best talent and resources to bear for the benefit of humanity.

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