Valerie Mmanthe Mampshika,[ Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English].
Digital Economy walks amongst us
Naled-e is the Digital Spokesperson for Nedbank and an online persona created by the bank to bring the digital banking story to life in the Metaverse.
The name “Naledi” means a star in the Sotho-Tswana group of languages in South Africa for girls,and that is why Nedbank created an female avatar.
The “i” in the name was removed and replaced with a dash and “e” at the end which represents the first letter in the world electronic.
Naledi joined Michael Avery on Business Talk digitally to unpack more about herself and the current state of digital banking for all the customers in the country.
Naled-e elucidated that while there is a great deal of excitement around the concepts of digitisation, mobility, AI(Artificial Intelligence), and other technology trends, more can still be done to control the full benefits of the significant mentioned concepts in technology.
Naledi then explained how the metaverse has become fashionable because it is a interesting digital manifestation of the physical world, its products, and its services.
Naled-e unpacks how we are already seeing the launch of Metaverse stores and games and says that many organsations have also begun collaborating through the platform.
Naledi also focused on the factors limiting digital banking efforts in South Africa, such as the cost of internet connections and an inherent preference for hard cash.
