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Africa is one among its counterpart with enormous potentials in technology, sustainability and agriculture capable of making her a global leader. Due to some detrimental factors, Africa has experienced developmental hurdles. According to IMF report, they suggest that all the ten world’s poorest countries are in Africa. Thus, needs arises to obliterate the woes through portraying Africa’s economic potential and stating ideas to harness them. Therefore, i will discuss on the ideas; innovation adoption to harness technological potential; formulating structures to harness sustainability; increased investment, innovation adoption and improving market to harness its agricultural potential.
Africa has been potential in creating feasible technological innovations such as fostering ARN that extended robotics beyond humanitarian use, adopting the SKA astronomy project in South Africa that map the early universe using radio-telescopes and develops achievable ICT such as the NITDA in Nigeria. Africa equally encompasses creative individuals in invention and quality research. As such, i present the adoption of feasible innovations and ideas, proper utilization of creative individuals and fostering technological researches as ideas to tap into technological potential.
Further, Africa comprehends potentials in its energy, economic and environment that meet the needs of her current generation without compromising the future generations. This includes sustainable solar energy, proliferation of sustainable economic development bodies in different parts of Africa, and concern for environmental sustainability-with about 43 countries promulgating framework environmental laws. To tap these, different structures and institutions need to be brought together to ensure a sustainable development.
In agriculture, Africa has enormous potentials capable of making her a major player globally. These lies on it’s; abundance land, underexploited water-resources, human resources and promising markets. Africa’s agriculture has increased - its value tripled, almost identical to that of South America. World Bank estimates that Africa’s market for food could be valued morethan $1,000billion by 2030. As such, it can reach the peak. Hence, i infer on, increase investment towards fostering agricultural business, entrepreneurship and agrifood value-chains; proper resource utilization, controlled use of inputs and improved varieties; innovations adoption and improving national-regional markets as ideas to tap into agriculture.
Therefore, Africa’s developmental hurdles can be resolve through depicting her potentials and adopting ideas of innovation adoption in technology, uniting structures in sustainability; increased investment, innovation and improved market in agriculture, in other to harness its potentials for the betterment of Africa.
Endnotes and References
1. International Monetary Fund
2. Jonathan Gregson (2017). The Poorest Countries in the World. Retrieved from www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/the-poorest-countries-in-the-world
3. Africa Robotics Network
4. Square Kilometre Array
5. Information and Communication Technology
6. National Information Technology Development Agency
7. Jonathan M. Ledgard (2015). 10 Technology Trends to Watch in Africa in 2015. World Economic Forum Retrieved on 04/03/2015 from www.weforum.org
8. Kameri-Mbote Patricia (2011). Challenges to Sustainability in Africa. Society for International Development. Development, 2011, 54(2), (243–246) www.sidint.net/development/
9. Roger Blain, Martin Bwalya, et al (2013). African Agriculture: Transformation and Outlook. New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) November 2013. 72p
10. Ibid
11. Mark Ashurst and Stephen Mbithi (2010). Why Africa can make it Big in Agriculture. African Research Institute Published July, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906329-09-9 www.africaresearchinstitute.org
Essay first written in 2018 for ABO Capital Essay Contest.
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