Economic empowerment would benefit them, their children, families, communities and economy, says US vice-president
US vice president Kamala Harris addresses youth gathered on Black Star square in Accra, Ghana, on March 28 2023. MISPER APAWU/Picture: REUTERS
Standing in front of Black Star Gate, a monument built on the site where Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, Harris started by noting that by the middle of the century one in four people in the world will be African.Citing examples such as the pioneering of mobile phone payments in Kenya or healthcare deliveries by drone in Rwanda before such services existed in the US, Harris said innovation would be key to Africa’s future success.
“On the continent of Africa we know women grow a majority of the food, yet they are less likely to own the land they farm. They represent a majority of frontline healthcare workers, but face disparities in health outcomes,” she said.
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