PHOTOS: Second Lady Samira Bawumia Lectures At The University Of Pennsylvania

Second lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia was a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Moreover, she delivered a stunning lecture to eager students.

Furthermore, Samira spoke on the theme “Driving economic change in Africa in the 21st Century: Ghana at the forefront.”

The US-Ghana Chambers of Commerce held the lectures.

Parts of the Second Lady’s Lecture at University of Pennsylvania

“To the young generation of Africans, it is your time to shine. Africa needs a new crop of leaders who will ensure that public interest is the underlying principle in government decision making.

Agenda 2063 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will not happen by themselves. We need dynamic and effective leadership to make it happen.

For the new leaders, the way to transforming the Ghanaian society would be through better leadership. Theirs is a vision of greater access and better education for all children, greater access to health, water and sanitation, inclusive growth, sound management of the economy and a better environment for the private sector to thrive and to create jobs.

For them to chart a new course for Ghana means a paradigm shift away from raw material export economy. They know that despite all the wealth of natural resources – from gold, cocoa, oil and gas – Ghana faces the risk of being trapped in its Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC) status if we do not push our productive capacities as a nation, if we do not make growth inclusive, if we do not give all our children access to quality education to develop their natural talents and if we do not give women fair and equal opportunities in all spheres of our socio- economic and political society.”

Photos of Samira Bawumia at lecture