(PDF) A Companion to Creative Writing
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(PDF) A Companion to Creative Writing
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Running head: CREATIVE ARTICLE WRITING The Africa of My Dreams: Accelerating Africa’s IndustrializationName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
1CREATIVE ARTICLE WRITINGThe article aims at focusing on how the Africa of my dreams would be like in theperspective of fourth industrial revolution. The article discusses my hopes and dreams along withmy imagination of future Africa. Africa represents the continent which is one of the mostenduring and old landmass existing in the world. The country has always been home to slaveryuntil the time when the Portuguese arrived and gradually transformed slavery into an exportbusiness. The fuelling of the agricultural production by the African slaves caught the attention ofthe Dutch and Europeans who were in search of routes for trade. Although the African continent is rich in human and natural resource along withecological, cultural and economic diversity it is considered underdeveloped (Iliffe 2017). Thesuffering of most of the African nations is related to the corruption, military dictatorships, war,civil unrest, deeper poverty and underdevelopment. The countries in Africa gets a clarificationfrom the UN as one of the least developed. There has been numerous strategies implemented forthe development of these countries but have failed miserably in yielding expected results. Inspite of being doomed in economic slavery and perpetual poverty the continent is believed tohave immense potentialThe population of Africa is booming and whose future will be home to around 4.4 billionpeople that accounts for close to four times the current population. Presently, Africa representsone of the fastest growing continents where the expected GDP growth for the future mustbegrow by close to 6 percent on the annual basis (Zoogah, Peng and Woldu 2015). The rise ofFourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) added to the intricacies of the future economies along withemployment outcomes. Thus, FIR stood at equivalence to the unexplored growth in presence ofinternet connectivity and digitization (Yeoh 2017). Internet connectivity and digitization have theability of driving Africa ahead and help in encouraging the process of innovation, propel newer
2CREATIVE ARTICLE WRITINGbusiness models and ensure improving delivery of the public services. Although the effects ofFIR has been disruptive in almost all the economies but there will exists three aspects forconsideration for Africa (Alin 2014). This includes: Pre eminence in the development of the digital skillsPrivate-Public partnerships as the power levers for the development Digital rattling of Industries In Africa, the digital economy and the actual economy are not exclusive mutually. Bothhave gradually merged and have blurred the lines between the digital, biological and physicalspheres (Caruso 2017). The growing and massive potential of Fourth Industrial Revolution alsoneeded time to be completely grasped. The information technology industry had theresponsibility of unlocking the potential for the citizen service delivery, innovation solutions,enhanced customer experience and ensured a better life for everyone. This will help incultivating the digital skills amongst its population thereby transitioning from the lower skill andlow pay jobs to the high end and higher skill pay jobs. This has been explained via a practicalexample in the report name ‘The Future of Jobs and Skills in Africa’. The report also suggeststhat for preparing a future for work, the African region will need expansion with higher skilledpool of talent through the development of a curriculum. However, Africa experienced an inclusive growth with the emergence of the FourthIndustrial Revolution. Inclusive growth refers to the concept that helps in advancing equitableopportunities for the economic participants during the economic growth that will have necessaryinclined benefits for every section of the society. The future of the African continent would bebridged in an unparallel manner through mobile related technology (Herbst 2014).The digital
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