In her speech at the opening of the 35th African Union Summit, Vera Songwe, Secretary General of the United Nations African Economic Commission (UNECA), pointed out the growth risk of the food problem facing Africa and said that infrastructure capacity should be strengthened and investments should be made in the field of education and health.
“WE CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM”
Noting that the food issue can be overcome through education and economic development, Songwe said, “One out of every four people in the world will be African in 2050. We cannot deal with the problem that one out of every four people is facing the problem of malnutrition.” he said.
Songwe stated that although new ideas are being produced to combat climate change, a decrease in food production in the continent is expected, and there will be a decrease of 22 percent in East Africa by 2050.
“PANDEMIC SHOWED US ITS IMPORTANCE”
Emphasizing that raising healthy generations will be the biggest investment the continent will make, Songwe said, “The pandemic has shown us the importance of science and technology. The West, the USA and Germany are attracting brain power to develop vaccines. This is just one of the innovations we saw during the epidemic.” used the phrase.
Leaders of African countries are meeting this week at the 35th African Union (AfB) Summit, where important issues of the continent will be discussed.
The summit, which started today with the meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states at the headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, will last until 6 February.
At the summit, where successive coups, climate change, internal conflicts, terrorist attacks and the Kovid-19 outbreak will be the main agenda item, objections to Israel’s being an “observer” member of the Union will also be discussed. (AA)