A YOUTHFUL DIGITAL AFRICA: A Continent that will compete in the fourth industrial revolution. kansmus@gmail.com In the light of the nude truth of the metamorphosing dynamics of the global economy and the impending era of the fourth industrial revolution engulfing the world, Africa has to cope with the transformation by adapting to a high-end speed to gain the years she is lagging behind the rest of the economies and clear her digital arrears. Hibernating and adapting to a supersonic economic atmosphere beyond the usual customary suspects is a requisite, and above all is possible amidst the abundant endowment of natural resource, biosphere, ecosphere and copiousness of human resource that hedges on the pillar of the youthful demographic dividend. The rest of the world including multinational companies have adopted digital technology, accrued and augmented supernormal profits, evaded taxes and practiced Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) causing exploitation and i...
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