Africa's ICT susceptible to 'shocks'
The UN under-secretary general and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Abdoulie Janneh said the continent must remain careful if it is to overcome its “weak technological and industrial base”.
In an ECA Information and Communication Centre press statement, Janneh said Africa is still far behind other regions of the world in ICT and that further action is needed to buttress the growing sector.
According to Nigerian Bulletin, Africa would need to “overcome its current narrow and weak technological and industrial base”, if it wants to reduce its vulnerability to external shocks, said Janneh.
Welcoming over 500 delegates at the opening session of the Second Session of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST II), which ended at the weekend in Addis Ababa, Janneh said because Africa is still way behind other regions of the world in ICTs, action is needed.
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