“It is true that the continent’s greatest strength is within its youth. But there are applications for insertion, far beyond governing. The region is primed for a new generation of leaders. The best way forward is to invest in the youth — not only in general education but also utilizing incubators and tech consortiums. Technology is still the great equalizer,” said Richard Gardner, CEO of Modulus, a US-based developer of ultra-high-performance trading and surveillance technology that powers global equities, derivatives, and digital asset exchanges.
“I don’t believe why we are not there where we have over 840,000,000 youth under the age of 25 years which is more than the entire population of the continent of Europe, North America, Australia/Oceania, South America and Antarctica, human resources is everything human resources is a game-changer,” Amadu said.
“Right now, our technological future is at a pivotal moment. We have blockchain technologies emerging at a rapid rate, and the current economic downturn means that development will move forward even more rapidly. We’re at the precipice of defining our financial and technological future. And technology is still the one area that provides based on merit. If you can build something cool or valuable, you will have a place in the technological future,” said Gardner.
Modulus is known throughout the financial technology segment as a leader in the development of ultra-high frequency trading systems and blockchain technologies. Modulus has provided its exchange solution to some of the industry’s most profitable digital asset exchanges, including a well-known multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange. Over the past twenty years, the company has built technology for the world’s most notable institutions, with a client list which includes NASA, NASDAQ, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Barclays, Siemens, Shell, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Cornell University, and the University of Chicago.
“What that means… is that a country like Ghana can alter its own economic future by investing in training young people in those technologies. Educate them, teach them how to code and develop. Provide them with industry resources. Create an economic revolution. From there, all things are possible,” said Gardner.