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Smart Government Summit held this week
On Wednesday, 13 March 2013, Samsung Electronics South Africa sponsored its first business-to-government (B2G) Smart Government conference. It focused on strengthening relationships with the public sector, creating a platform for debate on key service delivery issues and creating an opportunity to demonstrate and highlight how innovative technology solutions are designed and optimised to aid government in accelerating service delivery.
"The group understands that meeting the development needs of the country requires a number of players working together and tailored solutions to optimise this team work. We are excited to create this platform for discussion and demonstrate how our comprehensive government-based offering incorporates the latest technology innovation that is not only as energy efficient but also takes cognisance of the unique challenges of the public sector," says Ntutule Tshenye, B2G and corporate citizenship lead at Samsung Electronics Africa.
Covering several areas such as health, education, job creation, safety and security and communications, the group aims to engage with government stakeholders and develop a platform for these stakeholders to come together to understand the needs of the country from a broad perspective, what is expected of them and which solutions and partners can help them achieve this.
Transforming relationships
Its smart government solutions transform internal and external relationships using technology; meaning citizens are able to engage with government more easily than before. By facilitating technology-driven government processes, productivity and efficiencies are improved while saving costs and enhancing service delivery.
Under smart education, its smart school mobile learning solution establishes an interactive multimedia classroom environment by leveraging its smart devices and e-board solution. Additional features let teachers monitor learner's devices and provide for resource sharing and management of assignments.
Smart Comms harnesses its various unified communication and collaboration solutions to bring elements such as web conferencing and instant messaging to a mobile workforce. Desktop and file sharing across multiple operating systems provide for an integrated user experience further improving the internal efficiencies of government.
"We are very excited about the opportunities that were presented at the conference and look forward to working closer with the public sector to help with transformation in the country," says Tshenye.
