Our current 21st-century world and humankind; through a new set of modern, radical tools characterized as emerging/exponential technologies, stands at the verge of another technological, industrial and human ®evolution; a Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and just as with the story of our origins, the future of this technological revolution lies again in the promise of Africa.

With its status as having the youngest population on Earth, Africa is strategically positioned at the forefront of the global race to be the 4IR powerhouse thanks to this vast resource of its digital and boundlessly creative youth whose limitless and undeniable technological drive, innovativeness and potential make Africa increasingly attractive to major tech companies and investors around the globe as they yearn to draw closer and tap into a force rapidly diminishing in the relatively more advanced societies of the world. Generation4IR-the deserving label for this emergent young, audacious, problem-solving, technopreneurs and cosmopolitan African breed-hence appears on the scene with a promise of igniting a whole new century of 4IR economies both on the Continent and across the globe.

Consequently, this minefield of human resources represents a critical base for whom the empowerment to ideate, create, solve for technological convergence, and establish lasting change and impact for the present and future of our species has become an imperative, and especially so as we transition to a Metaverse and Singularity world.
In the run-up to TAFFD’S Generation4IR Summit, South Africa 2022 themed Accelerating Our Singularity Future for Development in Africa, we at this moment invite ABSTRACT submissions for well-researched papers to be presented at panel sessions during this Strategically Inclusive Working Conference to provide scholars, industry players, decision and policymakers, and thought leaders with African youth-oriented intellectual analysis and contextualization, trusted strategies, ahead-of-curve insights, and emerging techniques to put exponential technologies to work for business, industrialization, and development.

Recognizing the potential of Africa’s Youth and as well presenting approaches for addressing the urgent and critical need to empower Africa’s Generation4IR as a medium for accelerating our Singularity future for development; both on the Continent and for the entirety of our human world, should form the core of the papers.

Sub-topics for the Abstracts, and subsequent papers, include the following and other related topics:

1. The Singularity and Technological Entrepreneurship in Africa
2. Metaverse and Opportunities for a Creative Youth Economy in Africa
3. African Youth as Global Beacon for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
4. Experiential Reality (XR) and the Future of Work
5. Digitization and Digital Leadership
6. Mining in the Digital Age
7. Digital Business and Execution
8. Property Rights and Securities in Digital Economy
9. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR)
10. Internet of Things (IoT)
11. Robotics and Robot Rights
12. Longevity/Life Extension and Human Enhancement Technologies (HETs)
13. Nano, Bio, Info, and Cognitive (NBIC) Technologies and 4IR
14. Vertical Farming and New Agricultural Revolutions
15. Sustainable Healthcare Systems
16. Smart City Planning and Development
17. Virtual/Automated Learning and the Future of Education
18. Space Exploration Technologies and Entrepreneurship
19. Digital Governance, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology
20. Gamification, Experiential Reality and African Cosmology
21. African Philosophy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
22. Generation4IR and Africa’s Creative Industries
23. Socio-Political Economy and Models 4IR Success

Abstracts of not more than 250 words can be submitted to [email protected]

For a guide on abstract submission, click here

Ms. Brenda Ramokopelwa 

CEO TAFFD’s & Summit Organizing Chairperson 

[email protected]+27 71 053 3436 (WhatsApp) or visit gen4ir.org or taffds.org.

Or

Carla de Jager

PCO TAFFD’s Gen4ir Summit

+27 83 376 2368
[email protected]

VAT 464 0232 106

The reality of COVID19 raises a critical question in the mind of Adam Ethan Loeb a young Belgium boy regarding the extinction of the human person. This questions birthed “Adam’s Dream” which for him will help in “Saving Humanity From Extinction”, by “Availing a Multiplanetary Education for the present and Future Generations“
This 12year old boy highly influenced by Elon Musk and Peter H. Diamandis believes that a multiplanetary existence could have prevented the spread of coronavirus.
This young Space Enthusiast believes that since they are the future of tomorrow, well structure Young Space Education System should be availed because the Future is Faster than we think.

In explaining his vision Adam explained, “Adam’s Dream is my vision about the future with regard to preserving our kind and other living things. This idea struck my mind during this novel coronavirus outbreak. As the spread increases day in and day out, I was scared and asked my mum the question, “mum, do you know that living in space could have saved or preserved humanity better”? My reason is, if we become multiplanetary, it will solve the problem of overpopulation and make the human person more creative and resilient.

Thus, in this project, I will be preparing my generation and the ones to come to become multiplanetary Species. We have many Space Advocates; there is no proper attention giving to the younger generation. The future is obscure for my generation, and I want to lead them to light through the help of those who know better in compliance with “Adam’s Dream” rooted in Saving Humanity from Extinction by Availing a Multiplanetary Education for the present and Future Generations. In this, we can have a Sustainable “Kosmic” Environment for Prosperous Living.

Reading the works of Elon Musk gave me the conviction that as a Multiplanetary Activist, I can do this. Elon started thinking about Space at 14 years; I began at 10years. He is no doubt my number one role model followed by Peter H. Diamandis with my effort in understanding the teachings of Sara Seager – Planetary Scientist, K. Radhakrishnan, Carolyn Porco, Jill Tarter, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Liu Yang, Steve Squyres, Louis Allamandola, and David Spergel. I will have a better approach to harnessing the reality of Multiplanetary for my generation on those to come. The reality of Space is faster than you think.”