PALI LEHOHLA | Agenda 2063 will come to nought if Africa does not nurture statistical development
If the continent fails to realise, then sustain, development goals, it will once again encounter sophisticated, cancerous colonialism
23 October 2022 - 22:24
Africa’s time can only be realised through Africans. As the world faces a crisis, I am reminded of an address I delivered as chair at the 11th African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) in Gabon in 2015. Here is an edited version, as relevant today as it was then...
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