People and businesses have used the last 356 days to do one thing or the other for personal and corporate benefits. We have also seen people and businesses that used the days to create challenges or problems for other people and businesses with the intent of gaining financial and non-financial value.
Issues and challenges, the world experienced in 2021 will not be different in 2022. A number of global issues were carried over from 2020 into 2021. This will also occur in 2022. Our analyst expects business and political leaders to continue working on the best approaches and practices for reducing or eliminating challenges in the areas of health, education, mobility, and employment creation among others. Significantly, we expect countries, businesses, and individuals to experience issues in the areas of religious and human rights, environment, international political economy and security, gender equality and rights of girls and women.
Looking at the possible global humanitarian crisis in 2022, our analyst notes that food insecurity is more likely to fuel a number of conflicts in “troubled countries.” Already, “the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that 274 million people could be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022, with the world currently battling the worst hunger crisis this century. This is up from 235 million people in 2020 and 168 million in 2019. ”
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In all, who would you be? Are you ready to use the skills and knowledge you acquired in 2021 to advance or destroy humanity? Do you believe in creating solutions based on the need to address global concerns without getting huge profits from the users? How would you feel when your services and products are created purposely to exploit the less privileged?
As long as the pandemic continues wreaking havoc on business operations and people’s movement, information and communication technology will continue to be a key factor in value creation and delivery. How sure are you that your ICT skills and knowledge will be applied to advance humanity, not destroy it?