In Africa and here in Ghana, economic vulnerabilities in part caused by  colonial economic policies and structures, climate risk, food security, governance, exclusion, youth unemployment, among others, all hold clues for possible future challenges if the right strategies are not adopted and implemented towards more positive outcomes. 21.
Education must respond to the realities of a fast-changing world  powered by cutting-edge technologies that are disrupting industries and  8  traditional ways of doing things, and at the same time presenting opportunities for leapfrogging developmental challenges. 22. Madam Chair, while technology is a key enabler of resilience, it will not  take us to the promised land by itself.