CSOs want African leaders to rethink governance, economic transformation

From Left: Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing'oei, Director General of the Innovation Foundation for Democracy, Achille Mbembe and ICJ Kenya Executive Director Demas Kiprono, during the Social Innovation Pavilion Summit in Nairobi. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

Civil society organisations have called on African leaders to rethink governance, economic transformation and the continent’s place in the global economy, arguing that Africa’s vast wealth has yet to translate into prosperity for the people.

Speaking during the Social Innovation Pavilion Summit, a pre-summit event for the civil societies, representatives from CSOs across Africa, they said Africa remains poor despite being home to the world’s youngest population, abundant natural resources and cultural diversity.