Karen Smit | Principal Specialist: Specific Needs
Vodacom

Karen Smit, Principal Specialist: Specific Needs, Vodacom

With more than 23 years’ experience within Vodacom South Africa, Karen’s advocacy for the digital inclusion of disabled and elderly persons has established her as a global industry expert in accessible information communication technology. Utilising her experiences of a disabled user and an accessibility product lead, has enabled her to drive inclusion passionately. Her purpose is to influence organizations to embrace the disabled and elderly consumer segments as it promotes return on investment.  Having a good understanding of the disabled consumer market, Karen’s main role is to design, implement and lead the Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Strategy for Vodacom South Africa. She plays a leading role within the Vodafone Group to ensure that disability inclusion and accessibility are implemented so that consumers with disabilities are not left behind. In her role as Chairperson for the Mobile Technology Committee of the Department of Communications she spearheaded the implementation of accessible technology and services. She furthermore served as deputy-chairperson of the South African regulators disability forum where she assisted to formulate the ICT code for disabled persons.

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Telecoms World Africa 2021 @ 14:35

Interview: Strategies for connecting the unconnected and under-connected

last published: 30/Aug/21 11:35 GMT

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