Africa: Adesina Urges Investment in Youths to Unlock Africa's Potential

Africa: Adesina Urges Investment in Youths to Unlock Africa's Potential

Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African leaders to prioritise investment in education, healthcare, skills development, technology and entrepreneurship to unlock the economic potential of the continent's growing youth population.

Adesina urges African leaders to invest in technology, build industries

Former AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African leaders to prioritise industrialisation and technological innovation to boost the continent’s ec Read More: https://punchng.com/adesina-urges-african-leaders-to-invest-in-technology-build-industries/

Adesina: Africa must build, not just adopt, future technologies

By Jimoh Babatunde Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African countries to invest in homegrown technologies and advanced computing, saying the continent must move beyond adopting foreign innovations to developing technologies capable of competing globally. “Africa must not simply adopt the technologies of the future; we must help build them,” Adesina said at the BPI Iconic Awards in Joha…

Africa: Adesina Urges Investment in Youths to Unlock Africa’s Potential

Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African leaders to prioritise investment in education, healthcare, skills development, technology and entrepreneurship to unlock the economic potential of the continent’s growing youth population. Adesina said Africa’s demographic growth would become an economic advantage only if young people acquired the knowledge, skills, […]

Africa Must Move Beyond Raw Materials To Build Global Industrial Power – Adesina

By Emmanuel Nduka Former African Development Bank Group President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for a fundamental restructuring of African economies, urging governments and businesses across the continent to move beyond exporting raw materials towards industrialization, value addition and technology-driven production capable of competing in global markets. Adesina argued that Africa’s vast natural resources, expanding […]