African Leaders have been tasked to invest in Education, especially science and technology, as a means to fast track national development
This was as the Impact Africa held a virtual meeting to commemorate the world Nelson Mandela Day
While the Country director of Impact Africa Adams Otakwu called on Nigerian leaders to emulate the late apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, the Executive Director of the African Union scientific technical and research commission Ahmed Hamdy, thinks other African countries can focus more on improving education
Mr Hamdy says Educating African communities will breed professionals that can help eradicate the effects of poverty