New Weather forecasting Stations will make African Skies Safer. Experts Say

by Aaron Kaah Yancho

Climate change constitutes one of the greatest challenges of this century but it is also Africa greatest opportunity to tap deeper in to its inner potentials   and to widen the scoop of development across the continent.

Experts agree that appropriate adaptation strategist around climate change woes could have significant positive multiplier effects on people and their natural resources. The African development Bank has taken a giant step forward to launch a 33million Euros fund that will create Climate change policy centers in all region of the continent to build capacities on climate information gathering and data dissemination in order toovercome the challenges posed by the change in climate across. According to Mr. Johm B; Ken   the coordinated of this special fund at the African Development bank proper gathering of information and data statistics on weather changes will enhance meteorological knowledge of the continent and make the aviation sector quiet safer and attractive. “This will attract more foreign investors and employment opportunities in this sector“. Johm said.

Over the years the lack of weather forecasting information over the Africa space retarded not only agricultural production but had a negative effects on the Aviation industry. Flight delays and poor weather conditions shunned the prosperity of the industry. It is hoped that these enters will provide a solution to this economic sector that provided a gate way for African way in to the world.

The stimulation of the agric‑ sector and the natural resources management will beef up the development Agenda for the continent. Though the African development bank reports that the scoop of this new giant initiative may be limited in cost, Adaptation in Sub Sahara Africa will cost 14 to 15 billion annually and 70 billion by 2045 if no additional mitigation projects are nursed.

With these Weather forecasting center beefing Strategic adaptation projects a new opportunity of hope will emerge for youths especially in the Agricultural sector in terms of job creation and will also foster regional integration through the sharing and dissemination of climate information for the sake of a prosperous Africa.

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