<The ’00’ is Lifting Millions of Africans Out of Poverty in Africa>
World Bank predicted that _________ and agribusiness together are projected to be a US$ 1 trillion industry in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2030, compared to US$ 313 billion in 2010.
____________ is the primary source of food and income for Africans and provides up to 60 percent of all jobs on the continent.
70 percent of population who are living in poverty depend on _________. as their primary source of income.
what is ________ ?
Resource development? IT? Manufacturing? Travel?
The answer is “agriculture.”
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinumi Adesina, has invested $24 billion in agriculture over a decade.
To those who say, “What business is agriculture going to be?” he is convinced to say,
“The more opportunities Africa has for agriculture, the faster it can grow, the more it can get out of poverty.”
“Agriculture is not just a way of life, and the idea of business applied to agriculture can transform the rural economy and lift millions of people out of poverty.”