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Labor intensity in developing economies, makes agile working and automation viable alternatives. This creates huge market opportunities for software development businesses. To successfully tap into the market potential in this sector, certain barriers need to be done away with. The private sector cannot do it alone, there is need for sound and supportive policy from the governments, private sector, and other relevant stakeholders to develop the sector. In order words, respective governments can develop and commit to effective strategies that support the development of software industry in their economies. According to the United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report, the potential for software development in developing countries is still untapped. Michael John Norman, whilst looking into Software Industry of South Africa, projected that the demand for software to deliver the required applications for education, health, goods, services, and e-government will increase in the country. South Africa’s software development is not entirely different from its neighbors and could even be said to be one of the bests considering the relatively advanced development in the country than most other African countries. Therefore, there is huge untapped software development market potential in developing economies of Africa and Asia. No doubt, continuous investments in software development by developing economies would enable them to continuously bridge the digital divide; upskill their labor force and create massive employment for their human capital. To develop the software industry, there must be close collaboration between the various key stakeholders from academia, through industry to governments. Nevertheless, there are challenges to overcome. Amongst these challenges affecting the growth and development of the sector, this article discusses the very few key ones.

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