London: An Indian-African entrepreneur is planning to use the 'Digital India' model in South Africa as a global case study to incubate innovative digital start-ups that will propel the continent towards faster growth.
"The Digital India programme has picked up remarkable pace over the last few years. I am sure that 'Digital India' is on its way to become a global case study that will inspire many countries," he said during a recent visit to the UK to attend the London Business School's Africa Business Summit.
"Through my latest venture, iSON Innovation, I am contributing to a similar vision for a Digital Africa, wherein I want to support and incubate innovative digital start-ups that will propel the continent towards faster growth," he said.
"I predict that Africa can replicate India's growth story in IT/ITeS in just 10 years. We saw this opportunity early and have been investing in new centres across Sub-Saharan Africa over the past seven years, which have helped catalyse the ecosystems for growth in these countries," he said.
The iSON Group chief, whose companies have a presence in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, also believes in big scope in India and Africa collaborations in the IT industry.
Given the changing IT dynamics across the world, Awtaney played down the threat of US President Donald Trump's increasingly protectionist policies.
"There is more hype than substance in this perceived threat. Industry has always followed the economics and while in the short-term there would be some noise, yet in the medium-to-long term, businesses would compel the logic to prevail and global IT industry would refocus on its growth trajectory," he said.
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