But that has not stopped delegates from engaging in some furry and familiar fun.

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The Africa Play conference heard today from the Lego Professor of Play at Cambridge University Paul Ramchandani how five to seven minutes a day of parental play with a three-month-old child reduces the rick of him or her experiencing behavioral problems at one year and improves cognitive development at two years.

Delegates were entertained by Neno and other members of the cast of Takalani Sesame

“You know what, there are a lot of grown ups here. And then I am very confused. Because this was Africa Play. But there were no children to play. Just grown ups, ” said  Neno

The chief executive of Sesame Workshop South Africa, Innocent Nkata, who styles himself the chief Muppet, says the conference will go a long way towards shifting mindsets about the value of investing a early childhood development. 

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