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Alinah Kelo Segobye is a social development activist and archaeologist, with specialisms in social development and HIV/AIDS and the future of studying the past in Africa and African archaeology. She is Dean of Human Sciences at the Namibia University of Science and Technology and an elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
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“They are new spaces” that will help us actualize “our desire to learn, to be creative, and to share.”
“Libraries have come a long way from the village community hub centered on the baobab tree and the European-style buildings of colonialism,”
Innovation involves bringing together ideas, research, development, financing, and commercialization.
There is need for greater global visibility and partnerships to support these young innovators.
Partnerships Are Needed To Support Botswana’s Young Innovators.
Most as a student of the African past. The future was always in my immediate thoughts in seeking to explain the meaning of the past.
“High illiteracy rates throughout the continent especially affect the prospects for girls and women.”
Know your history, have good command of language(s) and remain open to new ideas. Be in constant quest for knowledge. The art of futures thinking is as important as the science of it.
Botswana’s youth are embracing technology, breaking barriers, and creating innovative solutions across various sectors, from agribusiness and tourism to creative industries and entrepreneurship.
Archaeology. The future of the future lies in the past.
All global think tanks, scholars, village elders, children and all resources of learning. There is no privileged source all are equally important.
A deep rooted passion for the continent’s development agenda both past and present. The present is where I can feed my quest for knowledge.
“To build a South Africa that many of us truly believe we deserve.”
Botswana, Tanzania, Britain and South Africa – Tanzania and South Africa continue to inspire as the cradles of human kind and technological innovation.
However, their biggest challenge is protecting their products, as there are many perils that make them extremely vulnerable. We need a regulatory framework to ensure they can continue protecting their resources and knowledge.
Read widely across all disciplines.
Evidence based research to inform policy development. African unity and integration. A common and shared future of Africa’s development potential realised in my lifetime.
Leadership – Until the fear factor and the legacy facto becomes the informing principle for our leaders then the future will always be a “foreign country” Leaders must think beyond their term in office and of the people who entrust them with their livelihoods.
“Driving our economy through knowledge will replace our dependence on a mineral-driven endowment”
Innovation is a broad term that can mean anything from the discovery of new technologies to putting them to good work to transform people’s livelihoods. It has to have a social and economic impact on people’s lives.
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