By Linda Kwanjana
Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says human capital remains key for Malawi to attain Sustainable Development Goals (DDGs).
Speaking at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe on his departure for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he is destined to attend tge Africa Heads of State Summit on Human Capital.
Chakwera said with human capital , Malawi can be turned into an inclusively wealthy and industrialized nation.
Said the President: “When you are talking about Malawi 2063, so we become an inclusively wealthy industrialised, self reliant nation, and when you are talking about SDGs 2030, these things can’t really happen without human capital development. You will notice that our vision is youth centric, and so the young people will need to be educated, stay healthy and have innovative minds that are capable of creating that future.”
Chakwera said healthy and well nurtured youths are the engine for social and economic development growth.
The World Bank supported meeting will be held on Wednesday, 26th July, 2023.
A statement from the ministry says during the deliberations, President Chakwera will address the summit to promote Malawi’s interests in health, labour, youth empowerment, education and early childhood development for the achievement of Malawi 2063 of the African Union.
“Their excellencies the president and the first lady are expected to return home on Thursday 27th July 2023 at 7 : 30 hrs,” reads part of the statement.
The theme for the summit is ‘investing in people for building a high productivity, inclusiveness, resilient economy.’
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