President Yoweri Museveni has said a universal\ndimension approach should not be used to shape Africa\u2019s future adding that such\na concept may have worked in the 1950s when the universal emphasis was on\neducation which helped countries such as South Korea to develop and transform, but\nadded that many other countries did not succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLets take the example of artificial\nintelligence where electronics replace the brain. The brain commands the centre\nof the body but must also take control of the body. Artificial intelligence\nalone without infrastructure development such as railway, electricity etc cannot\nbe useful. Congo alone has a lot of electronic goods but if they cant produce\ngoods or services how can that help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President was speaking during a breakfast roundtable organized by the Africa Strategy Group comprising of politicians, academicians, business people etc, under the theme \u201cShaping Africa\u2019s agenda in the Global Context\u201d<\/em><\/strong> held at the Hotel Grischa Monta in Davos, Switzerland at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The roundtable was moderated by the Executive Director of OXFAM Winnie Byanyima who said governments should be accountable to their people, prioritise public services, and economic sectors, new technologies and tax systems that bring the maximum benefit to society as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President acknowledged that Africa is rising\npartly because of governments not being hostile to the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPart of our lagging behind was the attitude\ngovernments had against the private sector, now that has changed. The people\nexcited about artificial intelligence are those who already have developed infrastructure\nand a developed human resource,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President told\nthe roundtable that was also attended by Rwanda President Paul Kagame, the\noutgoing AU Chair, South Africa\u2019s Cyril Ramaphosa, Tunisia\u2019s President Beji Caid Essebsi, former Prime minister of the\nUnited Kingdom Tony Blair etc, that Africa needs to overcome ten main\nbottlenecks including infrastructure development such as roads, rail and\nelectricity, human resource development, market integration etc to lower costs\nof doing business and attract investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President said the continent\nalso needs to deal with the issue of economic and political integration for\ncredible bargaining units in addition to an educated human resource. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Yoweri Museveni has said a universal dimension approach should not be used to shape Africa\u2019s future adding that such a concept may have worked in the 1950s when the universal emphasis was on education which helped countries such as South Korea to develop and transform, but added that many other countries did not succeed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":7776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-7775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n