IT is now common knowledge that global business is fast embracing Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) technologies. These are the technologies that encompass robotics, artificial intelligence, data science, high-speed computing and advanced biotechnology, just to name the major ones.
The deployment of such technologies has become critical in the development of progressive concepts such as smart manufacturing, intelligent medicine and smart cities. As a nation, it is in our long-term socioeconomic interest not to take lightly such technologies.