Intra-African Trade and Regional Integration key to Africa’s growth - Obi Emekekwue
Africa has a bigger opportunity to grow but has constantly been overlooked, despite all what the continent has got to promote trade and do business with itself. What is required is inward and outward strategy acting in tandem to outwardly hold Africa’s place in the global economy through foreign investment and improved trading links; while internally driving regional trade integration. It is not per chance that Africa’s recent growth is indicative of the Africa rising identity, it was in part realized owing to increased levels of foreign direct investment. Improvements to fiscal policies, governance, and frameworks that regulate, along with a move to diversify economies away from Africa’s traditional commodities-biased economies presented greater opportunities to foreign investors. If Africa is going to capitalize on this base, it needs to work together on its shared future. Africa’s development must be underpinned by further regional integration and trade liberalizat