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Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN), Cameroon & Geneva, Switzerland, Society of Cameroonian Neurologists (SCAN), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, World Federation of Neurology Delegate for Cameroon, Cameroon.
Office of the Minister of State, Minister of Higher Education, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Neuroscience. 2025 Jun 21;577:161-174. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.04.032. Epub 2025 May 6.
Africa, the world's second-largest continent is home to 1.5 billion people, accounting for nearly 20% of the global population, (60% under age 25). By 2050, Africa's population will be 2.5 billion, and by 2035, more young Africans will be entering the workforce each year than in the rest of the world combined. Africa also hosts a rich social, cultural, and geopolitical diversity across its 5 geopolitical zones covering 54 countries. It is the most genetically, culturally, and linguistically diverse region on the planet. However, Africa's contribution to the global economy could be more significant if it urgently embraces the brain economy and leads in the development of new methodologies and approaches which can be exported around the world. In this paper, we explain our strategy to advance the Yaoundé Declaration for the Brain Economy, Brain Health, and Brain Capital. The Declaration has been endorsed by Cameroon's President, His Excellency Paul Biya, and demonstrates African leadership in global brain and society innovations, laying out a roadmap for how Africa can outcompete other economies by deftly deploying brain science-inspired policies and investments. We outline a new economic approach for African jobs, economic growth, sustainability, resilience, health, and well-being. The brain economy offers a broader framework than the current sustainable development goals (SDG) agenda. The Yaoundé Declaration is trans-disciplinary and cross-cutting across sectors: 32 sitting members of government from different sectors having co-authored this paper. It aligns with many aspects of the United Nations Pact for the Future and can accelerate the SDG.
非洲是世界第二大洲，拥有15亿人口，占全球人口近20%（60%为25岁以下人口）。到2050年，非洲人口将达25亿，到2035年，每年进入劳动力市场的非洲年轻人数量将超过世界其他地区的总和。非洲5个地缘政治区域涵盖54个国家，有着丰富的社会、文化和地缘政治多样性。它是地球上基因、文化和语言最多样化的地区。然而，如果非洲能紧急拥抱脑经济，并在开发可向全球输出的新方法和途径方面领先，其对全球经济的贡献可能会更大。在本文中，我们阐述推进《雅温得脑经济、脑健康和脑资本宣言》的战略。该宣言已得到喀麦隆总统保罗·比亚阁下的认可，展示了非洲在全球脑与社会创新方面的领导力，为非洲如何通过巧妙部署受脑科学启发的政策和投资来超越其他经济体制定了路线图。我们概述了一种促进非洲就业、经济增长、可持续性、恢复力、健康和福祉的新经济方法。脑经济提供了一个比当前可持续发展目标（SDG）议程更广泛的框架。《雅温得宣言》是跨学科和跨部门的：来自不同部门的32位现任政府成员共同撰写了本文。它与联合国《未来契约》的许多方面相一致，并能加速可持续发展目标的实现。
