Building A Thriving Innovation Economy
For Agenda 2063 to be successful we will all have to work together on solving the biggest challenges in our society such as providing quality health care for all, quality education for all, decent standards of living for all, in societies where human rights are respected and protected. In order for Africa to have a robust, innovative private sector, we have to engage in all thematic areas. AfriLabs envisions an efficient African health system that provides the entire population with access to good quality services (prevention, promotion, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care), health workers, medicines and technologies with a financing system to protect people from financial hardship and impoverishment from health care costs. AfriLabs envisions an Africa where education is a human right and a force for sustainable development and peace. Where education empowers people with the knowledge, skills and values to live in dignity, build their lives and contribute to their societies. AfriLabs envisions an Africa anchored by the spirit of Pan Africanism where the vastness and variety across Africa is a foundation upon which we can build a society of accountable leadership and transformative social change that will address Africa’s social and economic challenges and meet the needs of Africa’s dynamic population. We envision an Africa where solidarity amongst Africans positively influences the progress of the communities and societies of which they are a part. An Africa where all Africans live dignified lives supported by well-designed, evidence- based, policy designed to reduce poverty and increase employment, gender equality, child protection and improvements in health and education outcomes.
AfriLabs envisions an Africa where citizens are encouraged and engaged in providing solutions for the challenges in their community. This engagement is informed, inspired, and supported by a vibrant civil society which governments and the community see as an essential building block of development and national cohesion. AfriLabs envisions an Africa where regional, national, and sub-national governments shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, and respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law. Governments that are capable of building well and building smart to ensure that the right policies and infrastructure are in place at the right time, meeting the right needs. Governments that promote and do not stifle innovation, that manage volatile political seasons and respect citizens democratic rights to expression on digital platforms at all times. AfriLabs envisions an Africa where great innovative ideas are funded on merit, based on their applicability and impact. Where African funders and funding organisations are champions for investment in local solutions and invested in the growth and development of Africa’s innovators and their local innovation ecosystems. We imagine an Africa where we all did in practice what we have committed to do on paper: from individuals to local communities to academic institutions, to civil society to funders to governments. If we did, then Agenda 2063 might be achieved long before 2063 catalysed by Africa’s own entrepreneurs and innovators. It is these innovators and entrepreneurs who are the core beneficiaries of the work that the AfriLabs community does.
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