Africa is a continent on the rise. Imagine an integrated continent, an integrated market, and an integrated consumer base of 1 billion people including over 350 million students. As such, Africa offers today the highest return on investment. It is the continent with the highest potential for investment in the world ever.
Smart Africa was created by African leaders determined to transform their countries into emerging economies by 2030. These leaders share a common dream to give opportunities to the younger generation to evolve in an environment conducive to technological innovation, self-development and competitiveness, leading to greater job creation.
The Smart Africa Manifesto
The Smart Africa Manifesto, which was endorsed by African leaders during the Transform Africa Summit 2013, lays the foundation for a connected Smart Africa based on 5 principles:
• To put ICT at the center of national socio-economic development agenda
• To improve access to ICT, especially broadband
• To improve accountability, efficiency and openness through ICT
• To put the private sector first • To leverage ICT to promote sustainable development
This will set the right stage for development in their economic, social and governance sectors.
In Education, Smart Africa is looking beyond ICT as a tool for better access to knowledge, as ICT is also an enabler to impart the right skills needed for tomorrows economies, such as coding and promotion of Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in all levels of education.
In Health, technology will enable better planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health care delivery, resulting into improved people’s quality of life.
In Governance, elected leaders are able to better reach out to their constituency and increase transparency and accountability in policy implementation and delivery of their promises.
The impact on Agriculture, Transport, and Energy will go hand in hand with the job creation opportunities offered by these new technologies in the remotest places of the continent.
Investing in Africa
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Interview with Mr. Abbad Reda, Chief Information Officer of MTN Ghana
Make Way For Germany
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