The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Omal Misr Complex in Cairo Egypt, Eng. Haitham Hussein has asserted that Africa’s major problem is a lack of education in science and technology.
He observed that almost all African countries have their natural resources, be it minerals, agriculture, human resources manpower, etc. but the people lack the right education to manage their resources.
Eng. Haitham Hussein, who is also the CEO of Sawaad Eikhaleg Company made the statement at the 58th Training Course for Young African Journalists in Cairo, Egypt.
As a young businessman who owns a multi-million dollar company and has been in business for about 15 years, he shared his experience with the Journalists while speaking on the topic, “Intra-Trade in Africa”.
Eng. Haitham Hussein, questioned if university students are even trained properly in science and technology such that they can manage to solve problems of the industries we have in Africa.
He said African Countries can have all the resources, but without the right investment in the brains, education, and or learning in science and technology, African countries cannot thrive.
For African Countries to be able to prosper, Eng. Haitham Hussein recommended that they should give priority to science and technology since industries are related to science and technology.
To start with, he recommended that African countries look at how to create their machines, have knowledge about their usage, and how to repair it in case it breaks down.
He cited an example where most companies in Egypt were dormant during the COVID-19 pandemic because China cut down on the supply of machines to the Country to produce essential equipment.
Due to this, he learnt the importance of building your machine to produce.
To prosper in industry production, he also noted the need to consider raw materials, science and technology, human resources, and capital.
In addition to the above, he said African Countries should have goals, missions, and strategies to be able to prosper, adding that Intra-Trade cannot improve without industrialization.
For his part, President of the Congress of African Journalists, who is also the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr Christopher Isiguzo,
recommended the exchange of goods and services and investments within the African countries.
He admitted that when it comes to Intra-Trade, African countries have a lot of limitations including language barriers and currencies.
He also observed that Egypt has had the pyramids for so many years but has been able to keep them well to attract tourists, saying this means that Egypt is doing something that other African countries must know and learn from.
Dr Christopher Isiguzo, therefore encouraged Eng. Haitham Hussein and Businesses in Egypt to create an enabling platform for other African countries to explore his factories to exchange knowledge, goods and services, and finances amongst others.
Training
The training is being organized by the Union of African Journalists (UAJ), in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.
This year’s training brought together 13 journalists from African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Congo Brazzaville, Chad, Morocco, Tanzania, and Kenya, and five from Egypt.
The three-week training programme which is held every year is meant to build the capacities of journalists, enhance their skills and allow them to network with other Journalists on the African Continent to share ideas.
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