We are constantly transacting. Today alone, you may have tapped your card to purchase your petrol and used that same card to purchase your groceries online. And you probably haven’t thought twice about these transactions – that is a sign of a successful, ubiquitous experience (a non-experience).
Much is made of the need for businesses to transform digitally to be where their customers are, and to be able to better weather disruptions like lockdowns by being able to function online. The companies making these statements are often tech businesses, which can help companies to better take advantage of the digital era.
To succeed in today’s work-from-anywhere-in-the-world requires a digital-first mindset and approach. In this regard, the need for governments and businesses to prioritise digital skills, and re-skilling to prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future could not be more urgent.
Much has been said about the impact of COVID-19 on consumer spending habits and the adoption of online shopping among demographic groups previously less inclined this way, but a question that perhaps hasn’t been interrogated enough is the value of the homebody economy.
Grey Jabesi is an African Tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of Crypto University (CU), Buy Bitcoin Malawi and Khodo App, Imojimotion, Alfajiri Ventures, and United Africa Blockchain Association.
