The Africa Prosperity Network has, today launched the Kwahu Summit for Africa’s prosperity.
The launch, which featured top African business leaders, political leaders, as well as local and international media took place at the Accra Marriot Hotel on the sidelines of the African Development Bank’s annual meeting in Accra, Ghana.
Speaking at the launch, the Executive Secretary of the AfCFTA Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, emphasised the need for Africans to have impactful dialogues about Africa’s trade relations with the rest of the world in light of the state of intra-Africa trade. His Excellency Wamkele Mene declared AfCFTA Secretariat’s support for the Kwahu Summit. He further indicated that the Summit would effectively engage the full range of sustainable development actors, governments, and businesses to explore how to accelerate the AfCFTA implementation, and examine the the kind of economic development vision Africa must have for decades to come.
On behalf of the Government of Ghana, Minister of Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, spoke about the government’s support for the thought leadership platform the Kwahu Summit creates for Africans to leverage opportunities and resources on the continent to achieve more.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Mr. Yofi Grant, emphasised the need for Africans to proactively direct global discourses and collaborations on Africa’s development, given the share of global natural resources the continent possesses and the potential of the Continent’s demography for consumerism, leadership and labour force.
The maiden edition of the Kwahu Summit on Africa’s prosperity will take place at the Rock City Hotel in Kwahu on 28 and 29 October 2022. The partners of the Summit are AfCFTA Secretariat, the Government of the Republic of Ghana and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).