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January 18, 2020
TheAfrican Continental Free Trade Area, ACFTA will top discussion as the Presidentof African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, is expected in London forthe milestone Investment Summit.
Thebank’s Communication and External Relations Department made this known in anissued statement in Abuja.
TheAfDB said new opportunities for bi-lateral trade and increasing UK investorappetite in Africa would be the main focus of the UK-Africa summit, convened byPrime Minister Boris Johnson. The summit is scheduled to hold on January 20th.
Itadded that the future trade relationship between the UK and Africa would alsobe discussed.
At the UK, Adesina will participate in plenary panel discussion on: ‘SustainableFinance and Infrastructure – Unlocking the City of London and UK financialservices for growth in Africa’ alongside Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta, of Kenyaand Nana Akufo-Addo, of Ghana.
TheAfDB noted that the one-day event, co-organised by the Royal African Societyand Oxford Brooks University, would have UK parliamentarians, academics, andpolicymakers in attendance.