African trade

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

Africans are creating a path forward to economic prosperity. The prosperous countries of the West didn't create their wealth by taking "foreign aid," and African countries won't create their wealth that way either.

Pres. Kagame of Rwanda is the new African Union chairperson. He says that they must prioritize trading with each other rather than depending on foreign aid.

photo: au

"We have helped perpetuate the narrative that Africa is a burden. This way of thinking has been around for decades. Fixing it won’t take a year, but it need not take twenty years either.

"[W]e should choose to respond with discipline & facts, in order to refocus us on our common humanity . . .

"We must create a single continental market, integrate our infrastructure and infuse our economies with technology.

"There’s no country on our continent that does not want to be part of a more assertive and visible Africa." 

(cont'd tomorrow)