South Africa's (SA) Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Blade Nzimande, has warned that poverty is being passed down from one generation to the next across much of Africa, a cycle he says is being reinforced by global economic and technological systems that favour the wealthy.

Speaking at the Human Sciences Research Council and National Research Foundation's Engaged Research Conference in Kempton Park, east of the Gauteng Province in SA, Nzimande highlighted how inequality continues to deepen worldwide, even amid major advances in science and technology. 

Channel Africa's reporter Micheal Mbewe filed this report.

South Africa's (SA) Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Blade Nzimande, has warned that poverty is being passed down from one generation to the next across much of Africa, a cycle he says is being reinforced by global economic and technological systems that favour the wealthy.
Speaking at the Human Sciences Research Council and National Research Foundation's Engaged Research Conference in Kempton Park, east of the Gauteng Province in SA, Nzimande highlighted how inequality continues to deepen worldwide, even amid major advances in science and technology.&nbsp;
Channel Africa's reporter Micheal Mbewe filed this report.