N’Gunu Tiny on Why social innovation in Africa is so important
N’Gunu Tiny, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Emerald Group is an expert in Transformative Technology and Social Innovation.
The population of Africa is set to increase to 2.4 billion over the next 30 years. And across a continent that is finding itself after decades of uneven economic growth, there is an urgent need for social innovation.
There are persistent and systemic problems across Africa in sectors ranging from healthcare to digitisation and housing to employment. Most African countries are now officially democratic and there has been substantial lessening of cross-border problems.
Why social innovation in Africa is more important than ever
Life expectancy is rising, more than 70% of children are in formal education and the average economic growth rate pre-pandemic is around 5...