Future GABA
The Global African Business Association focuses on the foundation of Business, Government and Technology.
This is the strategy we use in the Global African Business Association (GABA) to impact local and global communities to position them to conduct not just domestic and international business but also leverage public policies and technology to create a 21st century community of impact.
A. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) in the form of business education and partnerships. This way, we will be able to develop the ability to drive and manage technological change; infrastructure that contributes to a high quality of life; a long-term vision; and attracting and retaining talent. We also understand how the jobs and businesses of the future will have an ecosystem to nurture innovative start-ups and scale-ups.
B. Implementation of a 21st century educational model through support of career technical education (also known as TVET), cyber online education and international education.
C. Creating the BEST global imprint to link between local urban communities here in the United States and the African Diaspora. As we continue to link local urban communities to global African markets via business development, training and commerce it will be essential for us to focus on GLOBAL initiatives and not just local ones.
This ties in with GABA's global vision ties in with the Fourth Industrial Revolution as it pertains to linking the wealth between local urban communities in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution describes the exponential changes to the way we live, work and relate to one another due to the adoption of cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and the Internet of Systems. As we implement smart technologies in our factories and workplaces, connected machines will interact, visualize the entire production chain and make decisions autonomously. This revolution is expected to impact all disciplines, industries, and economies.
The changes within the next decade are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril. My concern, however, is that decision-makers are too often caught in traditional, linear (and non-disruptive) thinking or too absorbed by immediate concerns to think strategically about the forces of disruption and innovation shaping our future. This is why cities like Highland Park, Inkster, Flint, etc..cannot move forward.
Blue Economic Development
The Blue Economy can play a major role in Africa's structural transformation, sustainable economic progress, and social development. The largest sectors of the current African aquatic and ocean based economy are fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, transport, ports, coastal mining, and energy. The strategic importance of the blue economy to trade is clear. Up to 90% of global trade facilitation by volume and 70% by value is carried out by sea.
Connecting that economy here to the U.S. is vital for local urban communities. For example, Michigan sits on the largest body of freshwater in the world (the Great Lakes), yet, this state does not conduct business with any country in Africa via shipping except South Africa.
Smart Cities
A smart city is a designation given to a city that incorporates information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality and performance of urban services such as energy, transportation and utilities in order to reduce resource consumption, wastage and overall costs. In the approach to the Smart Cities Mission, the objective is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of 'Smart' Solutions. This is the stepping stone to create an e-city.
Imports/Exports (Trade)
It's important to promote trade show that provides a platform for sharing trade, investment and market information to enable buyers and sellers, investors and countries to meet, discuss and conclude business deals. We must provide an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their goods and services and for organizing Business to Business (B2B) exchanges to provide trade and market information and conclude business deals.
In addition, when we are talking about trade we must include anything related to textiles and agriculture.
Career Technical Education/Technical Vocational Educational Training/Cyber Education
Career Technical Education (CTE) provides students of all ages with the academic and technical skills, knowledge and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners. In other parts of the world it's called Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Cyber school, or virtual school, is an educational process that allows individuals to take all, or most of, the required courses for a degree, diploma or certificate online. There are many choices of online non-accredited courses and tutorials, both free and fee based, but the classic cyber school definition refers to an accredited school. An accredited cyber school leads students to a degree, diploma or certification.
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