the greatest boost in some areas according to Dianna Games United Nations statistics reflect twelve percent of adults in Africa using a mobile bank account com pared with a worldwide average of two percent Be it in Rwanda Uganda Kenya or Nigeria tech centers are emerging all over the continent They re called Silicon Savannah or in the case of South Africa Silicon Cape Thousands of young software developers are working on solutions of how to move even the remot est corners of the continent into the 21st century The push for innovation attracts venture capital companies international corporations and non government orga nizations It s not a market that s easy to develop but for companies like ours Africa offers incredible opportu nities says Prof Rainer Lindner Schaeffler s regional CEO see interview on the right A blessing and a curse the Fourth Industrial Revolution 4IR But will the Silicon Savannahs and mobile app de velopers bring about the big upswing Like in Europe the digital age is moving forward in Africa The Fourth In dustrial Revolution is in full swing for instance in South Africa s automotive industry and classic economic sec tors such as mining and farming are experimenting with 4IR as well However as Dianna Games points out most African countries are not prepared for 4IR so the large number of jobs promised by Chinese infrastructural proj ects might in the end be lost to automation The educational system is one of the big hurdles since millions of children in Africa have no proper class rooms no access to the power grid and no computers according to Games Teachers impart factual knowledge to their students but they re not learning to develop ideas of their own Governments in most of the countries are just beginning to address the challenges posed by a digital world but far too little is happening outside the conference rooms It s not enough to view everyone in Africa as a potential startup entrepreneur The continent needs a lot more innovations and economic activity in order to create jobs and policymakers have to establish the right conditions to support this evolution Rwanda as a role model However the first champions have emerged among policymakers as well Rwanda the scene of a brutal genocide only 25 years ago is now regularly mak ing headlines with new initiatives from a telecommuni cations satellite of its own the country wide utilization of drones expansion of internet capabilities through to an innovation center in the country s capital Kiga li that s intended to become a pan African technology hub Rwanda s president Paul Kagame is chairman of the Smart Africa Initiative that aims to advance Africa s digital economy Young mobility entrepreneur Peter Kariuki hopes that other countries will follow suit In 2015 he and SafeMotos co founder Barrett Nash deliberately chose Rwanda as their starting and learning base However they see larger potential elsewhere planning to soon roll out the SafeMotos motorcycle app also in Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo In a city of 15 million where traffic is an absolute nightmare a people might be living in Africa by 2100 Nigeria alone which is as large as Texas may have a population of 1 billion by that time Source worldpopulationreview com 4 1 billion 29th place Rwanda is ranked in the top spot of list of Continental African countries on the Ease of Doing Business Index regularly published by the World Bank This puts Rwanda ahead of Spain France Switzerland Japan and others However seven of the ten countries with the poorest ratings are located in Africa as well 88 89

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