By the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)-Moses Mnisi
Good morning SayPro team, partners, stakeholders, and fellow South Africans,
Today, we celebrate a milestone in our national journey — Freedom Day 2025. This day reminds us of the brave steps our country took in 1994 to claim justice, equality, and democracy for all.
As we honour the past, we must also ask: What does freedom mean in the world we live in today — a world powered by data, algorithms, and rapid innovation?
From my role as Chief Technology Officer at SayPro, I see that the new frontier of freedom is digital.
Because in 2025, digital access is access to opportunity.
Digital literacy is empowerment.
And innovation is a tool for social justice.
At SayPro, our mission has always been about unlocking the potential of young professionals. In this era, that mission must include ensuring that no young person is left behind in the digital economy.
That means:
- Bridging the digital divide — ensuring that whether you’re in a rural village or an urban township, you have access to tools, connectivity, and learning platforms.
- Developing 21st-century skills — coding, data analysis, digital entrepreneurship, and cyber safety — because this is the new literacy.
- Building platforms that include — AI, automation, and smart systems must reflect the values of justice, equity, and representation.
- Using tech to build not only careers — but communities. Platforms we build should unite, educate, and uplift.
Let me be clear: freedom in the digital age means more than just access to the internet. It means access to knowledge, to meaningful participation, to self-expression, and to economic mobility.
This Freedom Day, we are reminded that the same values that moved a nation in 1994 — dignity, equality, opportunity — must now guide how we build our digital future.
Let us not repeat the injustices of the past in our new systems. Let us build inclusive technologies that give every South African — especially the youth — the power to lead, to innovate, and to shape their own futures.
So today, I challenge all of us in the tech and innovation spaces:
Let’s code with conscience.
Let’s innovate with intention.
Let’s transform digital progress into true, lived freedom.
To the young people of South Africa: you are not just users of technology. You are builders, creators, and disruptors. The future is yours to design.
Happy Freedom Day, and may we continue to create a country — and a digital landscape — where freedom is for everyone.
Thank you.
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