from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopia BureauADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – AFRICAN governments and private sector leaders have been urged to support the economic empowerment of black entrepreneurs and prioritizing black-owned businesses abroad. The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) made the appeal at the just ended United States-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. “We appeal to our African public and private sector leaders to become intentional about driving Black Economic Empowerment in the USA and across the Diaspora,” Olufowobi said. MIPAD believes the governments and private sector leaders from Africa must make it a policy to be patronizing black businesses when they attend international events and have official visits outside of Africa to the Diaspora. Since 2017, MIPAD has been working in support of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent (UN IDPAD).

Source: Ethiopian News December 19, 2022 08:25 UTC