Chief Boima
Earlier this week I attended a panel at the UN’s Millennium Development Goals Summit on inclusive employment in Africa with participants that included such high profile figures as Mo Ibrahim, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda. So what is “inclusive employment”? Basically to ensure that we develop other sectors of society outside of resource extraction favored by multinational firms and African governments, so the benefits can be felt by everyone. Because we can and should question the merit of wealthy people sitting around talking about what poor people need, I feel that it’s important to share back when given an opportunity to gain some insight on what our African leaders are thinking.
One constant refrain throughout the panel was the importance of investing in youth when creating these inclusive employment initiatives.
