George Opare Addo is the Minister of Youth Growth and Empowerment
Ghana’s Minister of Youth Growth and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, represented Ghana on a high-profile panel on the International Citizen NOW: Detroit summit, becoming a member of worldwide thought leaders together with billionaire investor Mark Cuban, movie star chef Marcus Samuelsson, and Detroit’s Poet Laureate, Jessica Care Moore.
Framed by the summit’s aim of addressing pressing city challenges via daring concepts and motion, panels explored the way forward for innovation, youth empowerment, small enterprise funding, and fairness within the age of synthetic intelligence (AI).
Talking to a worldwide viewers, Opare Addo delivered a daring and well timed message on the position of African youth in shaping the digital future.
“For younger individuals to have the ability to respect AI, then they should be not simply customers of it, however makers of it.
“Africa’s youth should not only a demographic statistic—they’re the important thing to unlocking a extra simply, modern, and affluent future. However we should give them the instruments not simply to eat innovation, however to create it”, he famous.
This name to motion emphasised the significance of guaranteeing younger individuals throughout Ghana and the continent should not left behind as know-how transforms economies and societies.
International Dialogue, Ghana’s Perspective
The International Citizen NOW: Detroit summit introduced collectively leaders from throughout public, personal, and inventive sectors to debate how cities will be engines for fairness and innovation. Detroit — a metropolis of resilience and cultural renaissance — was chosen for its parallels to cities like Accra, the place city youth populations are quickly shaping the longer term.
Opare Addo’s remarks resonated strongly throughout a dialogue centered on the democratization of AI, job creation, and bridging digital divides—points that mirror Ghana’s personal nationwide priorities.
Different influential voices from the periods included Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and investor, emphasised how AI instruments like ChatGPT are already leveling the taking part in discipline for small companies, calling AI “the good equalizer.”
Marcus Samuelsson, Ethiopian-born chef and restaurateur, mentioned the cultural energy of meals to unite communities and protect id, Jessica Care Moore, artist and Detroit Poet Laureate, who warned of the risks of erasing native id within the rush to city renewal, advocating for investments within the arts.
Jessica Nabongo, creator and journey professional, mirrored on how variety in Detroit’s neighborhoods formed her worldview and respect for cultural inclusivity.
Simon Moss, co-founder of International Citizen, known as for cities—not simply nationwide governments—to guide the cost towards poverty and inequality.
Implications for Ghana
Minister Opare Addo’s advocacy strongly aligned with the summit’s launch of “AI for All,” a worldwide initiative to equip 10 million individuals, particularly underserved youth and girls, with AI literacy by 2030.
As AI adoption accelerates globally, Ghana’s management on the world stage underscores the nation’s readiness to make sure digital transformation is pushed by and advantages its youth.
About International Citizen NOW: Detroit
International Citizen NOW is the flagship summit of the worldwide advocacy group International Citizen. The Detroit version centered on how cities can lead international change, from combating poverty to harnessing know-how, with Detroit serving as a mannequin of resilience and innovation.
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