The Africa Transformation Summit (Afritrans) 2022 ; A Daring African Project Set To Propel Transformation

&NewLine;<p>Impact Network Global &lpar;I-GLOBAL&rpar; is gathering momentum as the maiden edition of The Africa Transformation Summit &lpar;Afritrans&rpar;&comma; 2022 is approaching&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>AFRITRANS 2022 was launched under the theme&nbsp&semi;<em>&&num;8220&semi;Propelling Africa into a Frontier of Innovation and Digital Wealth Creation<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; and will bring together over 1000 bright African minds in the government&comma; the corporate world&comma; non-profits&comma; startups&comma; and entrepreneurs as well as young students&period; The vision of this project is to be &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Africa’s leading innovation festival&comma; connecting innovation and resources for a continental transformation”&comma;&nbsp&semi;thus&comma; encouraging and empowering innovation&comma; and entrepreneurial spirit among the youth and also helping bridge the digital gap in the continent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The event promises impactful personalities who are helping create the long-awaited digital transformation in Africa including Gilles Amadou from Senegal&comma; Isaiah Brian Sovi from Zambia&comma;  Mark Pritchard&comma; Country Manager for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company&comma; Anthony Sarpong&comma; Senior Partner at KPMG Ghana&comma; Irma Ihumure&comma; CEO and Founder of Global WIN Ltd based in Rwanda&comma; and many exciting personalities&period; AFRITRANS has already garnered massive support from both the local and international community  the event is targeted at&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mystorymagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;C7FA9FE3-00AF-4EBC-9076-5A2A8ADD70A1-1024x1024&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-10495"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the purpose and timing of the event&comma; Mr&period; Daniel Sarpong Jnr&comma; the Founder &amp&semi; Executive Director of Impact Network Global remarked that he strongly believes that &&num;8220&semi;It is time for Africa to rise and propel itself into a frontier of growth&comma; digital wealth creation&comma; and innovation&period; Africa today has seen high levels of unemployment leading to chaos and vices&period; The UN has estimated that Africa will have half of the world’s population growth by 2050&comma; and I can only imagine what Africa will be if we do not set systems&comma; structures and processes to equip&comma; train and develop the growing population to ensure they are skilled and an advantage to the continent&period; And it is expedient that we bring together all these stakeholders to discuss the initiatives and insights on how to execute this and to connect innovation with resources&comma; to guarantee this transformation&&num;8221&semi; He further commented that &&num;8220&semi;Africa is the future&semi; given our youthful population&comma; ingenious solutions and the resources Africa is blessed with&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mystorymagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;E5D2CB4C-ACFA-41C1-BD0A-D0123DE45378-1024x1024&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-10496"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>AFRITRANS is a fire blazing over Africa as a tour kickstarting on the 3rd of September in Accra&comma; Ghana&period; The tour is scheduled to make stops in Rwanda&comma; Morocco&comma; Kenya&comma; South Africa and 6 other countries in the next 10 years&period; The kickoff will have 3 keynote speakers&comma; 2 Panels with 5 speakers on each panel&comma; 4 virtual masterclass sessions&period; The organizers of the event estimate this project to impact over 50 million Africans directly and indirectly over the next decade&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Africa has been on a trajectory of growth and for this growth to be exponential&comma; there is a necessity for Africans to rise up and take up the mantle&period; The continent is forecasted to double in population over the next 3 decades&period; This is both an opportunity and a challenge that needs to be addressed starting now&period; Impact Network Global hopes to do this by tackling 6 of the SDGs which the continent is most affected including SDGs 2&comma; 5&comma; 8&comma; 9&comma; and SDG 10&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mystorymagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;E6B19D45-1445-4D70-9532-D9F36CF9BDE9-1024x1024&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-10497"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>To participate and for more information&comma; visit&nbsp&semi;<a>www&period;afritrans&period;org<&sol;a>&semi; for&nbsp&semi;partnership and sponsorship for this event&comma; you can reach out to the executive team at&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"mailto&colon;afritrans2022&commat;gmail&period;com">afritrans2022&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;or via phone&sol;whatsapp on &plus;233558185625<&sol;p>&NewLine;