General News of Saturday, 30 March 2019Source: classfmonline.comUse Africa's wealth to empower youth – Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged African leaders to use the enormous wealth the continent is endowed with to develop and empower their respective youth populations. To realise the demographic dividend, African countries, he stressed, have to invest in the empowerment, education and employment of young people. “No one needs to tell us that mass unemployment in Africa, especially among her youth, is a ticking time bomb. Only by providing opportunities that open the future to all young people do we create a brighter future,” the President added. This is the significance of the concept of Ghana Beyond Aid, indeed, of Africa Beyond Aid,” President Akufo-Addo added.

Source: GhanaWeb March 30, 2019 15:56 UTC