WTO Director-General urges African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has urged African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities to accelerate the continent's socio-economic development. She said the Continent could raise funding through value addition to natural resources, tapping into pension funds to raise patient capital to fund development and also pricing carbon emissions with innovative ways. Dr Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal in her address at the Heads of State and Government breakfast dialogue held at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, which was hosted by President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana, was on the theme "Africa at the forefront: Mobilizing African Investment and Financing for Implementing Agen...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged his fellow African leaders to fight corruption, which robs nations of resources needed for development. President Mahama made the call in his address at the Presidential Session of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2025 in Accra. "We must promote peace and security as economic growth is impossible in times of conflict. It is therefore a call to action," he stated. "It is therefore a call to action, this Africa Prosperity Dialogue that Africa's time is now, and that the decisions we make at this dialogue must not end in resolutions alone, but we must act with urgency, determination, and a shared vision for our prosperity. "Let us rise to this occasion and break down the barriers that divide us and build an Africa that is strong, self-reli...

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WTO Director-General urges African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities

We must fight corruption – Mahama urges African leaders