Knowledge exchange key to human capital transformation – Ya-Na
Ya-Na Abukari II receiving a souvenir from Prof Dr. Naci Caglar, VC of Bursa Technical University in Bursa, Turkey after a co-operation meeting. The Dagbon overlord Ya-Na Abukari II has indicated that education and knowledge exchange can play an important role in transforming human society. According to him, monetary grants alone from advanced nations to the developing world would not bring the necessary and required human capital and infrastructure development needed to transform Africa. He therefore urged leaders of the developing world and policymakers in Africa to prioritize knowledge transfer and exchange programs to accelerate development on the continent. The Ya-Na was speaking in Turkey on Monday at a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Bursa Technical University (BTU) in Bursa, Turkey. The Ya-Na is on a 10-day working visit to Turkey. He said for the developing world to achieve the needed development to take its rightful place in the world, emphasis must ...