World Economic Forum Africa - Rwanda, May 2016

World Economic Forum Africa -Rwanda, May 2016

The grand African business indaba. The dignitaries meet hailing from all corners of the continent to collaborate, debate, discuss, compare notes exchange ideas as well as exhibit their competitive advantages.
Every official attending ought to have tangible takeaways to present back home consistent with their official mandate.
How about concerns regarding happenings in the economies of fellow brother and sister countries? Are they openely discussed constructively or they are snuffled out by diplomatic boundaries of expected respect and consciousness of individual countries' sovereignties.
Can the South African finance minister have an honest chat with his Zimbabwean counterpart about the level of inflation in his country and possible remedies? Can the Tanzanian finance minister recommend solutions for fiscal policy reform to his Nigerian counterpart? Can such conversations be held without igniting political spats and standoffs?
It is our Africa, all of us in our varying states of economic and social developments. A digital revolutionary rollout in one country would achieve more at a regional scale and growing bigger to the continental scale. Imagine a Cape to Cairo rollout of accessible digital infrastructure pioneered by governments for all their citizens bridging the gap created when the priviledged sections of society gain exclusive access to such digital infrastructure for e - commerce. The PPPs are necessary and essential for cohesive socio -economic growth to achieve not only the bench marked SDGs but improvement and empowerment for the masses and ordinary citizens.
Africans touring fellow African territories need to experience the oneness of the continent, that there is so much that brings us together than separates us. To see geographical difference in terrains, flaura and fauna rather than in economic and social status of citizens of brother and sister countries. This would show our unity in diversity, our cohesion and collaboration.
Regional and continental development and Infrastructural banks ensuring that all member nations are supported in forward direction as close to uniformly as possible, aiming at achieving a homogeneous african economic space where all africans can do business on level ground under mutually beneficial treaties and agreements.

Fellow nations plagued by prevalence of particular diseases owing to their geographical location, climate and terrain need the help of brother and sister nations to confront and eradicate such diseases with concerted and collaborative efforts.
Sitting together as purse holders of African nations, the economists, finance ministers, central bank governors answering a question like " what have we done and what can we do going forward to address ebola and malaria financially in terms of allocating resources at a continental scale?"
It is the World economic forum after all. Together everybody achieves more.
African economies have relatively low rankings in terms of ease of doing business yet they are the ones that need so much foreign direct investment from all corners of the world. Yes entrepreneurship by citizens is on the rise in most of our spaces but the support of capital injection into these entrepreneurial endeavors is essential to ensure their growth and sustainability. These are the notes we want to see being shared amongst fellow diplomats and brought to the fore, to work towards achieving a scenario where the ease of doing business in any SADC country is almost the same if not the same growing as we go to achieve the same in COMESA and all the continental trade areas from Cape to Cairo overseen by the AU the umbrella and mother body of all our
African nations.
A united Africa in as many facets and aspects as possible is a more productive and progressive Africa. The World Economic Forum Africa is one great platform for the realisation of the homogeneous African economic space.

The Golden Word Fountain - (TGWF) - 12/05/2016