Keynote speaker, technology analyst, and author
Corporate leaders, educators, parents, policymakers, and organisations seeking clarity on digital trends and technology’s impact on society
Arthur Goldstuck helps you and your clients navigate a future that will present every company with a massive technology challenge.
The technology revolution that is changing the world of business brings with it massive challenges that highlight a deep flaw in the future.
Arthur Goldstuck was invited to give a talk and moderate a panel on this topic at the Data and Security Summit at the world’s largest consumer technology event, CES in Las Vegas, at the beginning of 2017.
Now, he is making his talk and the insights gained from the summit available to corporate audiences across the globe.
Arthur Goldstuck is an award winning writer, analyst, and globally recognised technology commentator whose work has shaped how South Africa and the broader continent understand digital change. As founder and managing director of World Wide Worx, he leads pioneering research into the impact of technology on business, society, and consumer behaviour. His organisation produces the most widely accepted statistics on Internet use in South Africa and has conducted influential digital research across Africa since 2001.
Arthur is the author of nineteen books and editor in chief of Gadget.co.za, South Africa’s first online consumer technology magazine. His weekly gadget column, syndicated across major publications including The Citizen and Huffington Post, is the country’s most widely distributed technology column. He also writes a weekly technology trends column for the Sunday Times, South Africa’s largest circulating newspaper.
In recognition of his contributions to the ICT sector, the Institute of IT Professionals of South Africa awarded him the Distinguished Service in ICT Award and named him an Honorary Fellow.
Arthur Goldstuck is an award-winning writer, analyst and technology commentator, providing understanding of technology issues to media globally.
In 2013, the Institute of IT Professionals of South Africa presented him with the Distinguished Service in ICT Award for his contribution to the industry, and named him an Honorary Fellow of the Institute
TECH-SAVVY PARENTING brings together the experience, research, observations and advice of respected parenting expert Nikki Bush, and leading technology commentator Arthur Goldstuck.
This insightful duo will help you get a handle on what’s happening in the digital space to ensure your children are safe and savvy in this fast-changing world. They’ll guide you through the terminology, dangers and opportunities of technology, while placing children’s use of all things digital firmly in the context of the relationship between parents and their children.
TECH-SAVVY PARENTING brings together the experience, research, observations and advice of respected parenting expert Nikki Bush, and leading technology commentator Arthur Goldstuck.
This insightful duo will help you get a handle on what’s happening in the digital space to ensure your children are safe and savvy in this fast-changing world. They’ll guide you through the terminology, dangers and opportunities of technology, while placing children’s use of all things digital firmly in the context of the relationship between parents and their children.
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In this fourteen minute keynote, Arthur Goldstuck traces the evolution of South Africa’s digital landscape, beginning with Facebook’s 2010 global connectivity map that revealed Africa’s low activity levels. He explains how the 2009 activation of the Seacom undersea cable catalysed a dramatic shift in connectivity across sub Saharan Africa. Competition among cable operators drove down prices, increased capacity, and accelerated the rollout of additional infrastructure.
Arthur contrasts this progress with South Africa’s fixed line broadband stagnation. Over a decade, the country achieved only 900 000 fixed line connections due to reliance on a single provider, limited competition, and minimal incentive to grow the market. Mobile broadband, by contrast, surged to more than eleven million connections, demonstrating the demand for accessible, flexible alternatives.
He then dives into smartphone adoption trends. Between 2010 and 2012, devices such as Nokia’s E72 and the Blackberry Curve reshaped user behaviour, turning office style phones into mass market essentials. By 2013, Android’s rapid ascent was underway, driven by the emergence of low cost smartphones. Arthur highlights the $60 Huawei Ideos and the coming $50 and $30 devices as tipping points that would democratise smartphone access across Africa.
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