{"id":1017,"date":"2019-12-11T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/?page_id=1017"},"modified":"2020-01-03T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:14:47","slug":"opening-comments-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/opening-comments-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-video embed with-container\" ><div class=\"x-video-inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2L0yTsSE58\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 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