Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.
We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.
I don't think Africa gets as much credit as it should have on the world stage. People tend to think of us as coming from The Dark Continent, where nothing good goes on. That's not true. A huge amount of, as I say, entrepreneurship goes on.
Africa is not for the weak-hearted: infrastructure issues are there. The middle class is absent in most of the countries. We have to cater to the low end of the market to grow.
We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.
Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.
Africa needs access to markets.
If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.
Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.
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