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Africa’s path to COVID-19 recovery requires boldness, says Vera Songwe

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Speaking during an African Youth Ministers consultative meeting on COVID-19 on Wednesday, Ms. Songwe, quoting the late American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., said Africa needs to remain awake and help find solutions to the pandemic as
restrictions put in place to curtail the virus begin to be eased. “This is a time to be bold. It is a time when we need to come together to ask if we are responding to the call of the youth,” she said. Ms. Songwe said 51 percent of Africa’s growth is in the services sector and requires technology, raising the need for member States to move with speed to address crippling internet issues across the continent. Ms. Songwe said recent consultations with African youth had revealed clearly their hunger and thirst to participate in decision-making processes so they can help bring change through innovation.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2020-06). Africa’s path to COVID-19 recovery requires boldness, says Vera Songwe. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44934”Collections
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