Disruptive changes brought by technology will ultimately result in more, new and different jobs for people, rather than taking jobs away. He noted, "With the shifting of required labour, new jobs are being created by technology all the time." Raftery offered insight into many different examples, across multiple verticals, around ways in which industries are being disrupted today by technology. Electric cars: "The range of electric cars is changing, and so is the speed of the car's battery charging. By 2022, we expect to reach a cross-over point when it will be cheaper to buy an electric vehicle compared to an equivalent combustion engine vehicle.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 20, 2019 08:15 UTC