Business News of Tuesday, 21 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghGrowing Africa requires new economic paradigm – President Akufo-AddoAkufo-Addo, Prez GhanaPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is urging African nations to shed the colonial relic that has seen the continent produce and export raw materials to its disadvantage and instead, seek more productive solutions to her challenges. The 2020 Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summit is being held under the theme: Accessing the African Common Market through Ghana: Technology, Digitisation & Industrialisation. “Surely, an increase in intra-regional trade in Africa is one of the surest ways to promote the progress we seek for Africa. It should guarantee a rapid increase in exchanges of our agricultural, financial, industrial, scientific and technological products. It will enhance dramatically, our attainment of prosperity and the prospects of employment for the African peoples, particularly our youth.

Source: GhanaWeb January 21, 2020 17:37 UTC