{"id":41441,"date":"2023-05-01T15:46:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=41441"},"modified":"2023-05-01T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:45:09","slug":"dr-kwaku-afriyie-hopeful-that-africa-could-win-the-economic-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/dr-kwaku-afriyie-hopeful-that-africa-could-win-the-economic-battle","title":{"rendered":"Dr Kwaku Afriyie hopeful that Africa could win the economic battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, has expressed confidence in Africa emerging stronger from the current economic crisis facing the region.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can win the economic battle and it\u2019s not too late. Africa has everything it needs to succeed,\u201d Dr Afriyie said, while urging African leaders to ensure that they used politics to unite their citizens for economic prosperity.<\/p>\n

The Minister said this at the third Africa Economic Summit in Accra, noting that Africa, the world\u2019s second-largest Continent with a population of 1.4<\/p>\n

billion people, required an African-centric development path to solve its problems effectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the economic realm, we should not use Western standards to define things and make things difficult for us. I\u2019m not romanticising poverty, there\u2019s poverty here. We have to address those issues. We can grow at our own pace and then get our own development act together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to realise our potential because Africa looks like our narrative has been hijacked with many negative stories and we tend to believe them. So, the standards that even the West sets for us, in terms of development, we should question and even reject them, so we develop our own metric,\u201d Dr Afriyie said.<\/p>\n

Urging African governments and the people to be hopeful of a better tomorrow, the Minister said Africa\u2019s journey had been long and complex, marked by centuries of colonisation, slavery, and economic exploitation.<\/p>\n

He, however, noted that the people of Africa had<\/p>\n

demonstrated outstanding resilience, strength, and creativity in the face of adversity, including Ebola, HIV\/AIDS, and COVID-19, all of which the continent demonstrated resilience, and said \u201cthere is hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the theme: \u201cNew Africa, New Opportunities,\u201d Mr Brian Reuben, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Africa Economic Summit Group, said the current crisis facing the continent presented an opportunity to rewrite the story of Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to realise that the solutions to our problems must come from within us. We need to be able to tell our story ourselves from our perspective, say Africa has huge resources and we cannot allow ourselves just to be controlled by external influences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe need to show the international community that Africa is strong. We need to be able to negotiate better with anybody who is interested in Africa, whether China, Germany, or United States,\u201d and called for deepened development collaboration among African states.<\/p>\n

The Director of Investor Service of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr Edward Ashong Larbi, was also confident that Africa would overcome the current economic crisis and urged governments to remove all the bottlenecks to enhance trade.<\/p>\n

He outlined several initiatives taken by the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPC), including its Aftercare Service to ensure a business-friendly atmosphere in Ghana for all investors.<\/p>\n

On his part, Dr Sam Ikoku, Founder and CEO, Blackstone Equity Limited, asked governments to deepen their partnerships with various private entities, noting that such collaborations are catalysts for a win-win economic growth and job creation.<\/p>\n

The Africa Economic Summit, a two-day annual conference has assembled government officials, businessmen, heads of financial institutions and investors from about 10 countries including Kenya, Gambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Liberia to provide lasting solutions to Africa\u2019s economic challenges<\/p>\n

from an African perspective.<\/p>\n

A white paper would be released at the end of the summit, detailing coordinated actions that governments and institutions should implement for the improvement of Africa\u2019s economy and addressing other challenges on the continent.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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