{"id":13020,"date":"2022-05-24T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/africa-must-digitalize-to-achieve-4th-industrial-revolution"},"modified":"2022-05-24T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:02:29","slug":"africa-must-digitalize-to-achieve-4th-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/africa-must-digitalize-to-achieve-4th-industrial-revolution","title":{"rendered":"Africa Must Digitalize to Achieve 4th Industrial Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>s Ababa May 24\/2022\/ENA\/ Africa must develop high computing capacity to achieve the 4th industrial revolution, said Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Associate Provost and Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Zeleza was the key speaker at this year\u2019s ECA Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture session at the 54th Africa\u2019s Conference of Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (CoM2022) in Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>The 4th industrial revolution, he noted, is an agenda for everyone as it will transform all sectors from education to technology and health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica was marginalized in the previous three industrial revolutions and the continent should ensure it\u2019s not left behind in the fourth industrial revolution,\u201d said Prof Zeleza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica must promote digitalization, rethink capital expenditure, and develop holistic online curriculum system to achieve its economic, digital transformation. We must walk the talk on constructing integrated, inclusive, innovative and sustainable developmental institutions,\u201d said Prof Zeleza.<\/p>\n<p>The fundamental structures of African economies, he said, have remained the same since colonial times. In fact, dependency on primary commodity production and export has increased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe five historic and humanistic agendas of African nationalism that were fundamental to Prof Adebayo include decolonization; nation-building; development; democracy; and regional integration,\u201d noted Prof Zeleza.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that to understand human capital; there are three dimensions to consider: Africa\u2019s demographic explosion, policies adopted by governments to build social economic systems and the imperative to build capabilities<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPopulation growth can become an asset or a bridge on development depending on its evolving structure and quality of human capital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the need to close the disjuncture between policy conception and execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. s Ababa May 24\/2022\/ENA\/ Africa must develop high computing capacity to achieve the 4th industrial revolution, said Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Associate Provost and Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. 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