Everything Connected: Building Systems to Create Jobs | The Development Podcast

Job creation is the north star for the World Bank Group. But how can we go about it in a way that has a truly catalytic impact? Impact in the sense of generating large numbers of jobs in a sustained way. The answer is to build ecosystems, where all elements interact and support each other.
In this episode of The Development Podcast (worldbank.org/en/news/series/the-development-p…), we get into the nuts and bolts of building jobs ecosystems. We unpack AgriConnect, a new initiative to transform small-scale farming into an engine of sustainable growth, jobs, and food security, and we discuss how technical innovations including “small-AI” can help make this vision a reality.
Join us as we hear from: Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group; Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria; Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Egypt; Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, Fletcher School, Tufts University; Nidhi Pant, Co-founder of S4S Technologies; Chege Kirundi, Chairman of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Ltd and Mufasa, poet, actor, writer and teaching artist from Kenya
Timestamps
[00:00] Building ecosystems around job creation
[03:43] Creating jobs through tourism in Egypt
[05:53] The role of connectivity in Nigeria
[10:19] What is small AI and why does it matter?
[15:20] From subsistence to surplus farming
[22:19] "Farms do not just feed people they nourish communities" Mufasa
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