Ghanaian president: U.S. support of AfCFTA key to Africa’s transformation

U.S. support of the African Continental Free Trade Area is critical to transforming the continent’s economy and its countries’ relationship with trading partners, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday. During an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Akufo-Addo called on Africa and its trading partners to abandon old models and “establish a sustainable, strategic partnership based on trade and investment cooperation.” Africa’s “economic relationship with the developed economies of the world,” he said, has long been...