{"id":5441,"date":"2018-04-19T07:33:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2018-10-04T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:34:38","slug":"priorizar-a-juventude-de-africa-e-ultrapassar-os-caminhos-tradicionais-de-desenvolvimento-tony-elumelu-aos-lideres-africanos-nas-reunioes-do-banco-mundial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/news\/prioritize-africas-youth-and-leapfrog-traditional-development-paths-tony-elumelu-to-african-leaders-at-world-bank-meetings","title":{"rendered":"PRIORIZAR A JUVENTUDE DE \u00c1FRICA E SALTAR CAMINHOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO TRADICIONAL \u2013 TONY ELUMELU AOS L\u00cdDERES AFRICANOS NAS REUNI\u00d5ES DO BANCO MUNDIAL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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19 APRIL 2018, WASHINGTON, DC \u2013\u00a0<\/b>During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa\u2019s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding their innovations would also help attract foreign investors.<\/div>\n
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation Founder spoke alongside World Bank President Jim Kim and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner in a fireside chat on advancing the digital economy in Africa. During the discussion, he sent a strong message on the importance of leveraging entrepreneurship to enable Africa to leapfrog traditional development paths.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI speak as someone who has supported young African entrepreneurs. I see enthusiasm, intellect, determination, drive and discipline \u2013 you invest $5,000 and indeed they apply this to their purpose,\u201d Elumelu said. \u201cSo why don\u2019t we harness all of these people? Why doesn\u2019t government replicate this model?\u201d<\/div>\n
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When asked about the technological advancements of today, which will be responsible for shifting African development into overdrive, Elumelu was emphatic.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is our young people \u2013 the 60 percent of [African] people under the age of 30 who will come up with innovations that might help to pull Africa out of where it is today. We need to prioritize them, to give them support by removing the stifling policies holding them back. If we remove those, we will unleash their creativity onto the world.\u201d<\/div>\n
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While moderating the discussion, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, said policy makers in Nigeria and other African countries are ill-prepared to compete in the digital technology space. Elumelu conceded that without critical infrastructure, driving technological advancement would be difficult.<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou can’t talk about a digital economy in Africa without fixing critical infrastructure. Digital connectivity is a major issue in Africa and you can’t fix it if you don’t have reliable access to electricity,\u201d Elumelu said. \u201cSo, if we want to truly address the issue of a digital economy in Africa, these challenges have to be fixed.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Elumelu, who is also Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group, also highlighted regulation, intellectual property and the need to incentivise investors, as other factors that would help drive the digital economy on the continent.<\/div>\n
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“Let’s fix policy issues and all these issues I have identified and investors will come to Africa,” Elumelu added.<\/div>\n
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Watch the full session here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
View pictures here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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About The Tony Elumelu Foundation<\/b><\/div>\n
Established in 2010, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is the leading philanthropy in Africa championing entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs across the continent. The Foundation\u2019s long-term investment in empowering African entrepreneurs is emblematic of Tony Elumelu\u2019s philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions Africa\u2019s private sector, and most importantly entrepreneurs, as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the continent. The Foundation\u2019s flagship initiative, the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train mentor and fund 10,000 entrepreneurs, capable of changing the face of business across Africa.\u00a0www.tonyelumelufoundation.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

19 DE ABRIL DE 2018, WASHINGTON, DC - Durante as reuni\u00f5es anuais da primavera do Fundo Monet\u00e1rio Internacional e do Banco Mundial em Washington, DC, o filantropo e empres\u00e1rio africano Tony O. Elumelu insistiu que dar prioridade aos jovens africanos, resolvendo as quest\u00f5es pol\u00edticas e regulamentares que impedem as suas inova\u00e7\u00f5es, tamb\u00e9m ajudaria a atrair investidores estrangeiros. O fundador da Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Tony Elumelu ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}