Emphasis on Digital Competencies for Africa's Youth

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• Kikwete, about 270 million children worldwide who should be attending school are currently out of the classroom, with Africa accounting for roughly 110 million of them.“What is even more worrying is that among those who.
• Kikwete said institutions such as Africa50 play a vital role in mobilising capital for transformative infrastructure projects across the continent.
• He highlighted the growing significance of digital competencies, saying Africa must equip its youth to participate in the technological revolution shaping the global economy.
• Kikwete said Africa’s ambitious investment agenda should place equal emphasis on human capital development.
• Africa’s youth should not merely participate in the future global economy; they should help shape it and lead it,” he said.His remarks come as African governments intensify efforts to harness the continent’s demographic.