The Future of Africa's Technology Frontier

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Africa is a very interesting player in technology, but we don't have scale. I think we are going to see a world where the possibilities of digital migrants and other employment and work transformations will offer opportunities to the continent. And it's happening because the opportunities exist, although they are sort of scattered and not dense. They indicate that it's not a desert, and the opportunities can be tapped based on the youthness of the continent.

Cohost Janet Bush talks with Carlos Lopes. He is a professor in the Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town. He’s also an affiliate professor at Sciences Po, Paris, an associate fellow in the Africa Program at Chatham House, and a member of the African Union reform team. Lopes was the policy director for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He serves as an advisor on MGI’s research on Africa, including our latest report, which discusses the continent’s human capital and natural resources and how they can help to accelerate productivity and reimagine Africa’s economic growth. His views are his own. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: