Coordinator of the United Nations Development System in China, Siddharth Chatterjee, has stressed the need for adequate investment in infrastructure development to boost market growth in Africa.
Chatterjee said this at a reception for new Ambassadors and their spouses organised by Ambassador of Nigeria to China Baba Ahmad Jidda.
He further noted that there was the need for focused group discussion on issues that bordered on deployment of the continent to chart the way forward.
Chatterjee, added that the African Development Bank had predicted that by 2030, agro-business in Africa would actually grow up to One trillion dollars
The Coordinator emphasised that 40 or 50 per cent of agriculture products was post harvested, adding that “we have to look at the China-Africa bridge, to bring in the technology and innovation.
In a separate interview, Dean of the Group of African Ambassadors and Ambassador of Cameroon to China Martin Mpana commended the UN investment in Africa initiative to be apt.
