An important African event was launched in Cairo with the participation of the Egyptian African Businessmen Association, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Atomic Energy Authority. Dr. Yousrey El Sharkawi, President of the Egyptian African Businessmen Association, participated in this specialized training event. The event dealt with the employment of modern digital technology in the sectors of agriculture and water management, and witnessed the participation of 15 African countries – on the employment of modern digital technology in the sectors of agriculture and water management.
The event was attended by Eng. Abdul Rahman Suleiman, Vice-Chairman of the Society’s Energy Committee, and a number of experts and scientists from the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Dr. Yousrey El-Sharqawi delivered a speech in which he expressed his thanks and gratitude to the IAEA and the Commission for organizing this event, stressing the need for continuous communication with African brothers in various fields. He pointed out that Africa is a continent of opportunities and challenges, and that the current developments in global economic blocs, such as the BRICS alliance and the Group of Twenty, confirm this. He stressed the need to link science and practice in the fields of agriculture, food security and water management.
El-Sharqawi expressed the importance of working on the issues of agriculture, livestock and food security, so that Africa can achieve distinct rates of self-sufficiency and eliminate the problems of malnutrition and hunger. He added that it is inconceivable that the continent, which 80% of its population works in agriculture and irrigation, covers an area of 30 million square km, and is home to more than 1.3 billion people, 60% of whom are young, continues to import $50 billion annually in processed food. . He explained that the continent needs modern applied scientific systems in the fields of resource management, water management and agricultural industrialization, and these represent great investment opportunities that are being studied by international investment funds outside the continent, while internal investment and the private sector in the continent remain in the background.
