{"id":986,"date":"2022-11-30T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/?page_id=986"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:11:15","slug":"tertiary-education-innovation-stem-skills-the-key-to-unlocking-africas-development-potential","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2022\/tertiary-education-innovation-stem-skills-the-key-to-unlocking-africas-development-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Tertiary Education, Innovation &#038; STEM Skills: The Key to Unlocking Africa\u2019s Development Potential"},"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=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RaOpp8u5V74?start=95\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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