Addis Ababa January 18, 2023 (FBC) – CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, Mesfin Tasew Bekele, has confirmed his participation at the maiden Africa Prosperity Dialogues.
According to GhanaWeb, the CEO will attend the Summit with his board chairman, Girma Wake.
Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) is organized by the Africa Prosperity Network and its partners, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the Government of Ghana, the host nation, GhanaWeb explained.
Focusing on intra-Africa trade, the Africa Prosperity Dialogues bring together Africa’s political and business leaders to plan and work together on the all-important single market, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) project for the continent, GhanaWeb stated.
Confirming his participation, Mesfin Tasew said to the organizers that it is a delight for him to join such an important dialogue series aimed at fast-tracking the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement.
GhanaWeb further stated the 2023 Africa Prosperity Dialogues is the first of what will be an annual event being organized by the Africa Prosperity Network (APN) and its partners, which include the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat located in Ghana, the Presidency of the Republic of Ghana (the host nation of AfCFTA).
The other partners are; United Nations Development Programme (Africa), the Africa Prosperity Fund, the Ghana Investments Promotion Centre (GIPC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa-America Institute.
The Summit will bring into practical focus the continent’s critical challenges and industrialization priorities and advance aggressively the commercial and infrastructural interventions to achieve the vision of creating the largest single market in the world of some 1.4 billion Africans.
The Summit is a Pan-African economic platform which brings together the great minds and mights of Africa, both in Africa and the Diaspora, to think, plan and work together to expedite the implementation of the agreed initiatives within the AfCFTA and shape the Africa Agenda for Action.
By Yonathan Yoseph