Education will be key to moving forward. A quality basic education gives children and youth the knowledge and skills they need to face daily life challenges, and take advantage of economic and lifelong learning opportunities. It is also a key driver for reducing poverty, fostering economic growth, achieving gender equality, and social development.
Cities, states and metropolitan areas throughout Africa face unprecedented economic, demographic, fiscal and environmental challenges that make it imperative for the public and private sectors to rethink the way they do business. These new forces are incredibly diverse, but they share an underlying need for modern, efficient and reliable infrastructure. Concrete, steel and fiber-optic cable are the essential building blocks of the economy. Infrastructure enables trade, powers businesses, connects workers to their jobs, creates opportunities for struggling communities and protects the nation from an increasingly unpredictable natural environment. From private investment in telecommunication systems, broadband networks, freight railroads, energy projects and pipelines, to publicly spending on transportation, water, buildings and parks, infrastructure is the backbone of a healthy economy.
Healthy, sustainable and inclusive food systems are critical to achieve Africa’s development goals. Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 billion people by 2050. Growth in the agriculture sector is two to four times more effective in raising incomes among the poorest compared to other sectors. We must promote research into indigenous African crops as well as technological innovation in the agricultural space to put an end to food insecurity in Africa for good.
Healthcare holds a significant place in the quality of human capital. The increased expenditure in healthcare increases the productivity of human capital, thus making a positive contribution to economic growth. Currently Africa lags far behind the rest of the world in life expectancy, infant mortality, and other key healthcare measures. In order to build the Africa we want we will need to invest in healthcare. We promote the continued strengthening of a robust and accessible African healthcare system as well as the further study of traditional African health sciences inherited from our ancestors.
Culture is a reflection of a community or nation. This makes culture a vital and important determining factor of how the community reacts, responds, and grows. Culture plays a major role in the lives of everyone in the society. Culture gives you a sense of belonging, especially when everyone speaks the same language. Language evolves with the culture as an intimate product of the way those within the society communicate. It is important to preserve the impressive uniqueness and diversity of Africa’s thousands of cultures while also redefining what it means to be an African. We promote the preservation of each and every one of Africa’s rich cultures.
Science is the greatest collective human endeavor. It contributes to ensuring a longer and healthier life, monitors our health, provides medicine to cure our diseases, alleviates aches and pains, helps us to provide water for our basic needs – including our food, provides energy and makes life more fun, including sports, music, entertainment and the latest communication technology. Science generates solutions for everyday life and helps us to answer the great mysteries of the universe. In other words, science is one of the most important channels of knowledge. It has a specific role, as well as a variety of functions for the benefit of our society: creating new knowledge, improving education, and increasing the quality of our lives. Science must respond to societal needs and global challenges. It is imperative for a society to put science at its forefront.
Billions of tons of CO2 are released into the atmosphere every year as a result of coal, oil, and gas production. Human activity is producing greenhouse gas emissions at a record high, with no signs of slowing down. Global warming impacts everyone’s food and water security. Climate change is a direct cause of soil degradation, which limits the amount of carbon the earth is able to contain. Some 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion, while up to 30 percent of food is lost or wasted as a result. Meanwhile, climate change limits the availability and quality of water for drinking and agriculture. As Africa’s population rapidly expands it is imperative we do our part to save the planet.
The human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase. We affirms both the possibility and desirability of fundamentally improving the human condition through applied reason, especially by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.
An ally of oppressed groups, Mpya Africa strives for an Africa that is a safe home for all regardless of religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, and ethnic identity. We recognize the historic oppression of women, the LGBT community, and minority ethnic and religious groups in some African societies and are working to put an end to that. No one is free until everyone is free