A Call to Action
African American Center for Partnership, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (AACPITE)
One of the African Renaissance Festival's primary aims is to alleviate poverty among African American youths and African youths on the continent through information and telecommunications technology (ICT) utilizing artificial intelligence, new media, food security, preventative health, mentorship, incubation, and entrepreneurship. In the United States, 38% of African American children live below the federal poverty line, compared to 14% of white children. In sub-Saharan Africa, 70% of youth live on less than $2 daily. Therefore, a significant portion of the revenue generated from the ARF programs and events will be used to support the development and sustainability of the African American Center for Partnership, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (AACPITE) both in the US, Africa, and the Caribbean.
COMBATING POVERTY
One of the key objectives of the African Renaissance Festival (ARF) is to combat poverty among African American youth, African youth on the continent, and in the Caribbean. Additionally, ARF aims to promote cooperation, partnership, and collaboration among our future leaders worldwide. Whether in the Caribbean, North and South America, Europe, or wherever Africans may be outside the continent, the African diaspora traces its roots to survivors of the inhuman and barbaric transatlantic slave trade.
While African youths on the continent continue to grapple with the enduring effects of colonization, imperialism, and neo-imperialism, Africans across the world have faced some of the worst human catastrophes in history. Despite these challenges, the resilient spirit of Africans persists. Our goal at ARF is to elevate this resilience spirit and build on the successes of our ancestors' struggles and triumphs. Through training, mentorship, incubation, entrepreneurship, and fostering partnerships and collaboration, we aim to empower the youth. With a youthful population, our ambitious target is to create 200 youth millionaires under the age of 35 within the next decade, starting from 2025 to 2035.
The Significance of ICT Training in
Combating Poverty in Africa
The advent of commercial internet service providers in the late 1980s and early 1990s ushered in a transformative era in which the internet has become an integral part of daily life. It has revolutionized information consumption, shopping, social interaction, healthcare delivery, food security management, data access, and more. The internet has effectively transformed the world into a "global village."
Notably, numerous successful businesses that have emerged since the 1990s owe their success to the internet. Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, American Online, eBay, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and others have thrived in the digital age.
Furthermore, the internet has redefined how individuals access television and radio content, making it easily accessible online. ICT literacy and training are pivotal in addressing poverty, disease, hunger, environmental degradation, promoting the rule of law, and fostering culturally conscious democracy in Africa.
AACPITE will provide education in ICT, food security, and health sciences, focusing on preventive healthcare, Indigenous medicine, and entrepreneurship. Our goal is to equip students to become entrepreneurs and innovators, not mere employees. We aspire to nurture a new generation of African business leaders who will usher in an era of social, economic, and political development, breaking the chains of poverty, corruption, disease, and bad governance across the continent.
Our short-term goal within five years is to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry in Africa. Our long-term goal is to produce one hundred technology millionaires across Africa under the age of forty within a decade starting January 2025.
Sustainability and Sponsorship
The sustainability of AACPITE will be secured through entrepreneurial ventures, which encompass various activities such as the annual African Renaissance Festival, farming, merchandising, and other creative revenue-generating initiatives. We will actively seek financial and material contributions from institutions, individuals, and organizations that share our mission and values.
