"It’s an honour to announce that the next Intra-African Trade Fair will take place in #Kigali in September. #Rwanda looks forward to welcoming business leaders from across the continent to boost #Africa’s economies." @SorayaMHlive, Minister of Trade and Industry of Rwanda.
Our @iatf2018 Advisory Council, chaired by H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, meets regularly to discuss how to optimize intra-African trade opportunities and strategize for @iatf2018 to ensure exhibitors and visitors will have an unprecedented experience. #iatf2018
The theme of our 2nd @iatf2018 Engagement Session is “MADE IN AFRICA - Manufacturing for an industrialized Africa”. @afreximbank and the ECIC will be launching their $1 billion SATIPP Program at the event. Watch it live at 10.20 am on @cnbcafrica on 26 June.
Don’t forget to watch our first IATF Engagement Session live via Facebook @cnbcafrica at 5pm CAT. Expert panelists will be discussing issues around strengthening Egypt’s trade with other African countries. #IATF2018#Egypt
ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack explaining Afreximbank financing initiatives to Private Sector . This will improve Domestic Credit to Private sector gap in Africa. @AfreximResearch@afre
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr. Fofack concludes by highlighting the key role that private sector can play in the implementation of AfCTA, e.g. in industrialisation @AfreximResearch@afre
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack highlights that Africa's dependence on the model of extraction extractive resources & exports of raw commodities is not sustainable @AfreximResearch@afre
ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack says Afreximbank is offering various trade financing options to close the Africa Private Sector financing gap @AfreximResearch@afre @iatf2018
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack says: Afreximbank is working with AU & other partners to hold IATF 2018 in Egypt from 11to17 December 2018 @AfreximResearch@Afre @iatf2018
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack says: Financing is a key issue in implementation of AfCFTA;Domestic Credit to Private Sector is only 46% vs over 100% of GDP in Asia @AfreximResearch@Afre
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr. Fofack says Africa should produce what it consumes as currently it is a net importer of manufactured goods
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: Dr Fofack thanks the Economic Commission for Africa for allowing Afreximbank to be part of the AfCFTA implementation process @AfreximResearch@Afre @iatf2018
#ECA 51st Conference of Ministers of Finance: Panel on Role of Private Sector in the Implementation of the AfCFTA: FDI e.g. from African Diaspora key African Diaspora also key @AfreximResearch@Afre
ECA 51st Session of African Ministers of Finance: Minister of Economy & Finance, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mouctar Ould Djay chairing Round Table on Private Sector & the Implementation of AfCFTA. #Dr Hippolyte Fofack on the Panel @AfreximResearch@afreximbank @iatf2018