President Akufo-Addo has underscored that Africa should not endure poverty, given the continent’s abundance of natural resources.
Speaking at the second edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues in Peduase, Eastern Region, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, the President highlighted Africa’s wealth, including oil, gas, minerals, abundant sunlight, and 65% of arable land capable of feeding 9 billion people globally by 2030.
President Akufo-Addo expressed his vision for Africa to evolve into a global powerhouse, leveraging its rich resource base and youthful population.
Encouraged by a private sector prepared for economic collaboration, particularly through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the President emphasized the significance of economic integration as a key factor in realizing Africa’s prosperity.
He noted that the current focus on facilitating the free movement of people, goods, and services across the continent is essential for realizing the United Africa dream.
“We all know that Africa is blessed, Africa is not a poor continent, in fact, she is too rich to be poor. A continent that has every natural resource imaginable; oil, gas, minerals and an abundance of sunlight. We have some 65 per cent of all arable land available to feed 9 billion people globally by 2030 and our continent is filled with the most youthful population in the world –everything we need to transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future,”
“I’m now encouraged that Africa now has a private sector that is ready, deliberate and eager to see that the 60-year-old dream of the United Africa manifests. The difference perhaps, of the then and today is that the focus is on an area where there can be no debate –economic integration.
“How we facilitate the free movement of people, goods and services across this vast and resourceful mass Africa is what we must devote our energies to.”