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Hello and welcome to the d w debate of the World Economic forum to our viewers watching us from home were coming to you from the most visited city in Africa Cape Town my name is edith cumani now according to u. N. Figures by the year 2050 every 2 out of 4 people will be african thats quite staggering when you think about it does that then mean that if the population is going to quadruple here that our data will also quadruple and what does that mean for the future of data on the continent this morning were asking the question is data africas new oil and im going to be helped to answer that by my Student Panel and im going to be introducing that now im joined by sue. Im a carrier on my extreme right to the head of geospatial technologies and the cofounder of have to analytics based in kenya but also joined by mr alex q who is the managing partner and chairman at 80 kearney if youve been to the World Economic forum a few times you might have seen his face on my right my immediate right i

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