“We must develop a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping our economic, social, cultural, and human environments. There has never been a time of greater promise, or greater peril.”- Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman, World Economic Forum
If events in the past week in Nairobi are anything to go by, then we are on to greater promise. I was fortunate to participate in five of the six conferences and workshops that focused on the emerging 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR).