Regions of Africa grapple with high levels of digital illiteracy, implying that even if the people get access to smartphones and other digital tools, they struggle to meaningfully use them to create opportunities that transform their lives.
With common trade rules, movement of people and transport connectivity, Africa becomes a market large enough to attract investors from across the world, and a vehicle for industrialization, analysts say.
African leaders lay hopes in the creative and innovative potential of youth and women across sectors of the economy to achieve gains envisioned under AU Agenda 2063, and more specifically the success of AfCFTA.
Each year, Africa loses estimated $195 billion worth of its natural capital – things such as water, air, forests, oceans or wildlife, which provide ecosystem services that make human life possible — and this worries conservationists.
Scientists believe that if harnessed, Africa resilience to the vagaries of climate change could solve the ongoing global food crisis, but could take an unimaginable toll on the world as we know it, if unaddressed.
There have been grievances from a section of news consumers that journalists fail to communicate properly climate policy discourses to the public. In fact, many criticised the coverage of the Africa Climate Summit as full of jargons.
Mr. Audace Kubwimana is of the view that land tenure security issues have not gained the attention they deserve and they should feature prominently in deliberations leading up to the UN climate negotiations this year.
Africa holds solutions to climate change. Ignoring its demands will have implications on everyone and could negate climate efforts by other parts of the world namely Europe and the United States, experts say.
Dr. Jean Kaseya, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo was this year elected to head Africa CDC. He previously held several health dockets at continental and global level.
Funding access hurdles have been singled out as acting as a stumbling block on Africa path to green transition and inclusive economic development of the continent that got to devise ways to plug growing energy, transport and IT infrastructure gaps.
People lay hopes in ongoing negotiations by African leaders to adopt a legal instrument that seeks to, among other things, ensure the dignity, protection and rights of climate migrants in accordance with international and regional commitment and frameworks.
In absence of a platform like CEP and other avenues for citizen participation, it would act as a stumbling block in the quest to achieve Africa’s future, one that rest with its estimated 1.3 billion people.
