South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has positioned South Africa as a future leader in Africa's digital economy, saying cloud computing and artificial intelligence will drive the next wave of economic growth. Speaking at the first ever Google Cloud Summit on the African continent, the President welcomed new technology investments, describing them as a vote of confidence in South Africa's economy that could boost jobs, innovation and the country's global competitiveness. Our economics reporter innocent semosa has more..

<p>South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has positioned South Africa as a future leader in Africa's digital economy, saying cloud computing and artificial intelligence will drive the next wave of economic growth. Speaking at the first ever Google Cloud Summit on the African continent, the President welcomed new technology investments, describing them as a vote of confidence in South Africa's economy that could boost jobs, innovation and the country's global competitiveness. Our economics reporter innocent semosa has more..</p>