Africa 2016 - Issue Briefing: What Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution Mean to Africa?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2016-05-15

http://www.weforum.org/

Learn in-depth about Africa's hunger for frontier science and how it is preparing to adapt to the changes brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Speakers:
· Neil Gershenfeld, Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
· Jonathan M. Ledgard, Director, Afrotech and Future Africa, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
· Thierry Zomahoun, President and Chief Executive Officer, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Rwanda.

Moderated by Oliver Cann, Head of Media Content, World Economic Forum.