Africa has seen tremendous growth in technology-driven entrepreneurship over the last decade with numerous projects and initiatives celebrated for their potential to grow and spur economic growth. Yet, according to Dayo Ogunyemi, CEO, 234 Media, “Brilliant ideas without the ecosystem to upscale and...
03-Nov-2014
Africa has benefited from the spread of world technology in terms of economic growth: panelist
“As a public good, up-to-date technology can benefit other countries thanks to a process of distribution”, explained Abdoulaye Seck, lecturer at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, in a paper presented on Sunday during the second day...
Women must be empowered with entrepreneurial and ICT skills in order to contribute significantly to the industrial growth of Africa. This was the message put forward Saturday at the 2014 African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during a session titled “Addressing the Skills Deficit...
03-Nov-2014
9th Annual African Economic Conference calls for more investment in knowledge and innovation in Africa
Decision-makers and business leaders, economists and academics from across the globe have called for increased investment in knowledge and innovation on the African continent.
This is because knowledge and innovation will boost youth employment, foster the adoption of new technologies, and...
"The future of Africa depends on Africans themselves and not on consultants, who should act solely as catalysts,” said David Noko, Executive Vice-President of South African mining company AngloGold Asanti, at a panel organised as part of the 9th edition of the African Economic Conference, which...
01-Nov-2014
African Economic Conference 2014: “Knowledge and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation”
The 9th edition of the African Economic Conference will take place in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 1-3, 2014 on the theme “Knowledge and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation”.
The Conference, which is co-organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB...
African governments and all national actors must grasp the increasing opportunities that technology and innovation offer for human development and transformation of the continent. This is because currently poor technological capability remains one of the major constraints to Africa’s...
1. Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is a pleasure once again to be in Toronto, a vibrant city I last visited when Canada was hosting the G20.
Thank you Gil Remillard for the invitation.
I hope I am forgiven for my two year absence from the Conference de Montreal....
The critical role which knowledge and innovation should play in Africa’s development will be the focus of this year’s African Economic Conference (AEC) scheduled to take place from November 1-3 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Organized each year by the African Development Bank, United...