Derek Keats: Blog

Talking about things that interest me, and hopefully interest you too.

government

A few years ago (maybe 10 years), many of us in the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement criticised the South African Government for the way in which it was going about its Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) initiative. Firstly, it looked as though it was flouting its own FOSS […]

Government’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS): another example of the ...

19th June 2017 in Free and open source software tagged FOSS / government / proprietary by Derek Keats

Innovation economy — In my last post, inspired by a ventureburn article by Barry Dwolatzky, I mentioned an innovation economy for South Africa, and some of things that we need to focus on as a nation post the irresponsible Zuma era. The idea of creating an innovation economy is not new, it is […]

What does an innovation economy involve for South Africa?

13th June 2017 in Critical thinking / Strategy tagged government / innovation / South Africa by Derek Keats

Change requried — This morning I arrived at my computer to see a post from my brilliant friend and former colleague, Prof Barry Dwolatzy, made on ventureburn, entitled “Innovation, tech transfer can help South Africa to address triple challenges“. The triple challenge that he refers to is alleviating poverty, reducing inequality and creating […]

Ditching the rhetoric and building an innovation economy for South ...

12th June 2017 in Critical thinking / Strategy tagged government / innovation / South Africa by Derek Keats