Expo 2020: Survey Shows Global Collaboration, Technology Crucial In Confronting Humanity’s Challenges

SEVENTY- FIVE per cent of Nigerians believe that greater knowledge sharing between communities and individuals can help build a better future.

The 2021 survey of more than 22,000 people across 24 countries conducted in partnership with Yougov, tracked sentiment in a world irrevocably changed by COVID- 19. It followed a similar study carried out in 2019, before the pandemic. On the topic of global cooperation, 96 per cent said that countries must work together to tackle worldwide crises such as a pandemic. The sentiment was reflected in Nigeria, with the majority 72 per cent expressing that greater partnership between individuals and communities is key, and mirrored by responses elsewhere in Africa.

Expo 2020 will run from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, inviting visitors from around the world to join the making of a new world, experiencing a six- month celebration of human creativity, innovation, progress, and culture.

Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai, said: “Expo

2020 has developed this latest global study to help us understand how the citizens of the world believe we can shape a better future. Overall, the findings are encouraging, and show a collective desire to work together, broaden our horizons and exchange ideas. In line with this, the study highlights that 73 per cent of Nigerian respondents believe that technological advances and inventions will continue to play a role in building communities around the world, higher than the average responses of 57 per cent and 44 per cent in Asia and Europe respectively.

Ambassador of Nigeria to the UAE and Commissioner General for Nigeria at Expo 2020 Dubai Mohammed Dansanta Rimi, said: “Results from Nigeria, a diverse nation of more than 200 million people, under Expo 2020’ s latest Global Survey exemplifies this inherent optimism, with nearly threequarters of all Nigerians citing technological advancement and innovation as central in building the better communities of tomorrow, not just for Nigerians, but communities across the world.”