Paris summit looks at helping Africa economic recovery

French President, Emmanuel Macron, convened a Summit on Financing African Economies in Paris recently in which it was emphasised that Africa’s economic recovery is key to global growth. South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, attended the summit along with representatives from 28 other African countries, China, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and United Kingdom among others. Ramaphosa made strong remarks at the summit on Africa’s vision for economic recovery and in this way, shaped the agenda. Summit participants discussed the issue of debt relief and support for African countries from the International Monetary Fund through Special Drawing Rights. The Summit welcomed the ambition to develop an Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa to help mobilise all partners, public and private, to support, through financial, technical resources, and capacity building, the development of the African private sector.To assist us on this we are joined by Dr Charles Sinkala Africa 55 States President and Organisation of African Political Parties; and Professor Patrick Bond from the School for Governance at the University of the Western Cape…