President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo
are absent at the ongoing African Investment Forum in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
This is as the President of the African Development Bank,
AFDB, Adewumi Adesina highlighted the gains of investing in the continent.
It was gathered that other African leaders, such as the
Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, Patrick Archi, and President of Ghana, Nana
Akufo-Addo are present at the event.
Others are the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnagagwa,
President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, Vice President of Liberia, Jewel
Taylor.
The Forum is themed “Building Economic Resilience Through
Sustainable Investments”, targeted at attracting investment to the African
Continent.
In his remarks, PM Cote D’Ivoire, Archi said the country is
doing everything within its power to scale up investment in young people.
“Purchasing power of our population is growing, so the most
important market will be Africa’s market. 60% of this market will be young
people…in terms of talent, in terms of capacity…it’s a huge potential to
unlock”, he said.
Also, the Vice President of Liberia, Taylor called for
women’s inclusion in Microcredit.
“We shouldn’t limit women to microcredit because it never
helps us to actually grow and develop,” she remarks.
Meanwhile, the AFDB president, Adesina noted that Africa
remains an investment frontier in the world.
He said, “Africa is the investment frontier in the world –
today and in the future”, he stated.
The AIF is a two-day event from 2nd to 4th November 2022.
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