Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Head of State stated, this Tuesday, in Dallas, the North American city of Texas, that Africa can play a crucial role in overcoming the energy and food crisis that the world is facing.
“We need private investment and American know-how to make the continent a major producer and exporter of quality food to the world”, highlighted the statesman, when speaking at the opening of the 16th US-Africa Business Summit.
In this chapter, according to the Angolan President, the world must count and look first and foremost at Africa, for its abundance of arable land, water resources, sun and young labor, which can easily and quickly master the management of agriculture. modern agricultural machinery and absorb knowledge of the most modern cultivation techniques.
Therefore, he understands that a different perspective from the United States of America to Africa could be the key to these two problems that afflict the world economy.
“Be pragmatic and don’t waste this opportunity that opens up for the benefit of everyone”, he challenged.
Given the context, he invited American businesspeople to invest freely in all areas of African economies, where feasibility studies guarantee that there will be a return and profits on their investment.
He pointed to the sectors of industry, agribusiness, fishing, mineral resources, oil and gas, ornamental rocks, real estate, hotels and tourism, telecommunications and others, as those that can receive North American investors.
“Private investment or in public-private partnerships in the construction and management of reference hospital units, in the local production of medicines and vaccines will be very welcome and cherished by African governments in general”, he indicated.
This interest, according to the statesman, also extends to universities and scientific research centers, which are interested in strengthening contacts and working with the most renowned American institutions of their kind.
The Angolan Head of State is among the African government entities invited to the summit, which will discuss, for four days, solutions to boost commercial cooperation between North Americans and Africans.
The summit is an initiative that aims to discuss effective solutions to boost sustainable commercial partnerships between the USA and the African continent, which is increasingly strategic and a priority in the foreign policy of the North American Administration.
The main objective of the meeting is to enable African leaders to directly contact decision-makers from Governments and the private sector, in order to promote sustainable business partnerships between the US and Africans.
The organization of the summit plans to bring to the table topics of capital importance for strengthening mutually advantageous business partnerships, with particular emphasis on the agribusiness sector.
It is expected that African countries will establish bridges and partnerships to give greater consistency to
their development projects, attracting US investors to agricultural fields, one of the main drivers of growth for the continent’s economies.
The 16th US-Africa Business Summit will serve to delve deeper into the issue of available financing options, through the US Government and institutional investors, as well as North American and African banks.
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