Finding New Leaders to Boost Africa’s Sustainable Development
- csrice8
- Jul 28, 2017
- 1 min read
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right”.
Never in Africa have these words uttered by Nelson Mandela, an African icon, rung as true as they do presently.
We are two years into the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDG) to achieve food security, combat poverty, create jobs, enhance equality and peace, enhance resource efficiency, combat climate change and protect the environment as critical priorities in Africa.
The writing is on the wall. And just as colonial oppression drove our founding fathers to launch the independence struggle, today the urgent need to accelerate the continent’s socioeconomic transformation beckons us all, as citizens of the current generation, to action. The time to do the right thing and act is now and in so doing, the next generation of continental icons will emerge.
CIFOR