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The Village of the Future

Offered By: World Economic Forum via YouTube

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Course Description

Overview

Explore a World Economic Forum panel discussion on transforming rural economies in Africa. Delve into strategies for shifting from consumer to producer mindsets, promoting distributed manufacturing, and leveraging community strengths. Hear insights from industry leaders, including executives from Millicom Services UK and Nuru Energy Group, as well as representatives from the United Nations Population Fund and ASAFE. Moderated by James Mwangi of Dalberg, the talk covers topics such as smart villages, agriculture, technology access, entrepreneurship, education, climate change, and mobile money in Africa. Gain valuable perspectives on creating sustainable, autonomous rural economies and envisioning the village of the future.

Syllabus

Introduction
Smart Village
What do you think is needed
The village is driven by agriculture
Access to devices
Villages as communities
Tradeoffs between village and city
Enterpreneurship
Education
Technology
Governments
Village of the Future
I Am The Code
Women
Climate Change
Web Governance
Togo
Justin Mora
Miranda Gironda
The village has to own its resources
My solution is better than your solution
Other comments from the floor
Rabbit rearing example
The village of the future
Mobile money in Africa


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World Economic Forum

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