Onix Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd

The World of Digital Strategy
Yochanaan Coetzee
Onix Business Solutions, a leading Digital and Cyber Security Solutions Company and the longest standing Platinum HPE Partner in Namibia, recently held a successful event at the AM-Weinberg Conference Centre. The event was held over two days, 28th and 29th of October 2021. The Onix group has been successfully providing solutions to Namibia and other regional countries for over 20 years.

As part of its departure on initiating a holistic focus towards their clients, Onix initiated the Digital Strategy event. The event was held under the theme The World of Digital Strategy. It was certainly a highlight on the event calendar of Namibia’s business landscape, where several key stakeholders across all industries, including digital business industries met to set the agenda for redefining the world of digital strategy.

Several high profile speakers graced the event, including the keynote speaker, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Namibia Mr. J. !Gawaxab and the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Global VP, Service Providers and Cloud28 & Xavier Poisson Gouyou Beauchamps. The list also included the CEO of Pfortner, Aubrey Swanepoel and Nithen Naidoo the CEO of Snode as well as the COO of Snode, Dwain Muller. The office of the Auditor General was represented by the Deputy Director of Information System Audit, Mr. Michael Rivas.

The topics of this event included; the Role of the Central Bank in the Digital Economy and the requirements needed to ensure the inclusion of the Low-Medium Income groups in the Digital Economy, Smart Africa and how the Hybrid Cloud can grow the Digital Economy as well as the Current threat trends in Cyber Security and the Risk to Namibia’s Digital Economy.

Mr. !Gawaxab in his keynote address noted the strides in growth made by the information and communication sector in 2020 was close to 16% while the overall economy contracted by 8.5%. He further stated that the Central Bank has an essential and catalytic role in the advancement of a digital economy and that technology can be the leverage used to exit the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as mitigate the negative effects of disrupted school and teaching.

The Managing Director of Onix, Mildy Samaria described the event as a successful beginning to redefining the space of digital business and consolidating key partnerships. The event was sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (Platinum), Snode Technologies (Gold) and Pfortner (Gold).

Several attendees welcomed the platform and described the event as an eye opener not only to the topics but the role performed by service providers when it comes to digital strategy.

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