Executive Director at the Sahara Group, Tonye Cole has said the industrialisation of Africa in the next decade must be owned and led by Africans with key support from the private sector as well as regional and multilateral organisations.
Citing the need for a robust “digital infrastructure”, Cole urged African leaders to commit to having a digital highway that connects the various nations. “It will form the basis upon which everything else will thrive.
It will unleash jobs for our teeming youths, deliver education to the uttermost corners of the continent, connect farmers and entrepreneurs to the world, deliver healthcare to remote locations and inspire electrification projects across borders."
Cole who is also co-founder of the leading African energy conglomerate represented the Private Sector on a panel during a session on Africa at the recently concluded 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Themed: “Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA3, 2016-2025): From political commitments to actions on the ground,” the session sought to address, among others, the environmental, social and economic challenges and opportunities that the continent faces in its quest for sustainable development.
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