South Africa is both Africa's most AI-ready outsourcing destination and the sub-Saharan country whose workforce is most exposed to AI-driven job disruption, according to IOL. The report says rapid enterprise AI adoption has made the country the first on the continent to confront the technology's impact on workers. The issue was the focus of Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's keynote at NEDLAC's 31st Annual Summit in Pretoria.
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