While plastic pollution was already one of the greatest threats to our planet, the rapid boom in the daily use of certain products to mitigate the outbreak is making things much more detrimental.
The awesome power of 4IR technology has the potential to control or to liberate, depending on whether technology is placed at the center of society or society at the centre of technology.
With better road, utilities, health, education, transport and digital infrastructure, it would stimulate socioeconomic activities, further reducing regional imbalances.