Africa needs policy change to reap the benefits of fourth industrial revolution
Monday, June 1, 2020 0:01
By EDWARD KOBUTHI |
President Uhuru Kenyatta participates in a virtual high-level meeting on development financing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic from State House, Nairobi last Friday.
In 2017, I read the book, the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Shwab, who argues that technology is going to transform the world.
You see, unlike the first, second and third industrial revolutions, which took place over the last 300 years and only improved human labour and livelihood, the fourth industrial revolution will be a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technological advances.
Because of the convergences of the fourth industrial revolution, universities must also promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching, research and innovation, and pursue new modes of knowledge production and collaboration.
Until then, to see our youth survive and get to see 2050 to exploit what the fourth industrial revolution brings we are all called upon to abide by the regulations stipulated, stay safe, wear masks if you must go to a crowded place, keep a safe distance, wash and sanitise your hands.
