{"id":382534,"date":"2020-11-17T03:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T08:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=382534"},"modified":"2020-11-17T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T08:14:08","slug":"covid-19-is-a-wake-up-command-to-address-africas-challenges-tony-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/covid-19-is-a-wake-up-command-to-address-africas-challenges-tony-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 is a \u2018wake-up command\u2019 to address Africa\u2019s challenges &#8211; Tony Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n          <em>We have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency<\/em><br \/>\n          <em> &#8211; Blair<\/em>\n        <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n          <em>Agriculture offers Africa its best opportunity for industrialization\u2026the key is how does Africa raise productivity, develop the integrated technology in rural areas<\/em><br \/>\n          <em>? &#8211; Adesina<\/em>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">ABIDJAN, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Nov.  17, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges and opportunities of Africa\u2019s development landscape, former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday in a lecture organized by the African Development Institute in Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cWe have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency\u2026not so much a wake-up call but a wake-up command,\u201d Blair said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The former UK prime minister addressed a virtual audience on the topic <em>Building Back Better in Post COVID-19 Africa: The Role of Technology and Governance,<\/em> as part of the Kofi A. Annan Lecture Series. The series, launched by the African Development Bank\u2019s African Development Institute in 2006, has covered a range of African and global development topics, including economics, finance, regional integration, human development and the environment. The lectures have been a forum for eminent persons to share policy insights on development challenges in Africa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Over 4,500 delegates from across the globe including Government Officials, Governors and Executive Directors of the Bank Group, the Bank\u2019s Senior Management, and leading experts and heads of institutions tuned in to the lecture.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In opening remarks, Rabah Arezki, Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management of the Bank described the task ahead as \u201cvast and challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Blair, in his first ever virtual lecture, outlined three aspects which in his words would make a big difference to Africa: investing in industrialization, accelerating technological innovations, and building capacity for institutions to get things done. \u201cThere are components to the Bank\u2019s High 5 priorities. All of those things which define the challenges that Africa has \u2013 all of those are now given added urgency by Covid and its impact,\u201d Blair said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">To build back better, West Africa, for instance, could capitalize on its rich source of cotton for garment production and the textile industry. Elsewhere on the continent, Africa was already leading in the digital technology space which can be scaled up.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cAround the world you are seeing governments use technology effectively\u2026I know this is a great ambition of the African Development Bank. This is critical,\u201d Blair said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Blaire highlighted the four Ps of government delivery \u2013 prioritization, policy, personnel and performance management. On prioritization, Mr. Blair called on African governments to identify and focus on their comparative advantages, \u2026, and focus on delivery\u2026focus on key transformative projects and manage expectations.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cIn the end \u2026 only Africa can do it\u2026 we are partners in Africa\u2019s story&#8230;in Africa\u2019s progress,\u201d Blair said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Blair\u2019s speech was followed by a conversation with Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina, who said the lecture series brought global and national perspectives to the development issues discussed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cWe need to constantly push the frontiers of dialogue in the public sphere,\u201d Adesina said. \u201cNothing is more topical today than the challenges posed by COVID-19. The pandemic has upended economic growth.\u201d Mr. Adesina noted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Agreeing with Mr. Blair about the importance of the culture of delivery, Adesina said agriculture offered Africa its best opportunity for industrialization. \u201cThe key is: how does Africa raise productivity in agriculture\u2026how does it develop the integrated infrastructure in those rural areas\u2026that will allow the creation of new economic sources of prosperity out of what it has?\u201d Adesina asked.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Although the Bank\u2019s Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative had allowed it to reach millions of farmers with agricultural technology and is boosting yields in wheat, there is still the need to scale up. \u201cWe have a lot of pilots&#8230;The name of the game is scale,\u201d Adesina said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Adesina cited other key interventions by the Bank, including a $10 billion COVID-19 Response Facility to provide budget support to African countries and its innovative $3 billion COVID-19 social bond, to save livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">After retiring from office, Blair launched the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, which works on some of the most difficult challenges in the world today, primarily in three areas: supporting governments to deliver effectively for their people, working for peace in the Middle East, and countering extremism.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Speaking after the seminar, Prof. Kevin Urama, Senior Director of the ADI said the priorities are well mapped out for Africa to build back better. The African Development Institute (ADI) has been at the forefront of accelerating capacity development, technical assistance and policy dialogue on the continent.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Contact<\/strong>: Amba Mpoke-Bigg, African Development Bank, Communication and External Relations Department, African Development Bank, email: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=llzwmd0bx7OKnnaFW11SjORyp6APNv7lxFJFY3Wil6sf99_3dRW8Ty0vOSQLUrHjE1yify5u-kQO8LBn_c1dpgTspG4a46TW00HzcEvWhTs=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a.mpoke-bigg@afdb.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">African Development Institute Global Community of Practice, email<strong>:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=LOHS0YiI6tVqCp4TQ_Av7IPPxYykZq7hhenkZNLBy-3pVmQobAR8_TKTJJyYt_WgFbGbV9p815NQJtSNsKf1gg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">adigcop@afdb.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo accompanying this announcement is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=VsphMscMiLOkQmMqRDXxooBqvFNXQCKLDDun9ITuxwm9woAUx1iBBUYP-15kcgvpnaRBXpGlZb0_4QfOyn9LxOMoa-2gUfwOJjTrCJsbIaAWsxj-BUA1Lda8CzMfJBR-iTPqhL9RS53O-btvEe-tlZ6BdT47a6Y4XpgiJnFbBo8szZg5aHcQ6tUawuz3TB4H6SBNI67t5ZdMhSeR02ZsCdBvHPg10DomdlW5zD9uHEvlwp6PQqCTByz_PIqTEIjpXiKGGlgh7RFR_Jqp_fVpzA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/NewsRoom\/AttachmentNg\/4617b492-0771-41cb-af72-a02ea32ca2fb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODA4NzQ4MyMzODMwMzMzIzIyMDAyNDM=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/12aa0183-6862-4d27-9ea0-6b010d92f3c0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency &#8211; Blair Agriculture offers Africa its best opportunity for industrialization\u2026the key is how does Africa raise productivity, develop the integrated technology in rural areas ? &#8211; Adesina ABIDJAN, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges and opportunities of Africa\u2019s development landscape, former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday in a lecture organized by the African Development Institute in Abidjan. \u201cWe have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency\u2026not so much a wake-up call but a wake-up command,\u201d Blair said. 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