Vice President Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang known as on African nations to speed up industrialization, scale back dependence on uncooked materials exports and put girls and youth on the heart of the continent’s financial transformation agenda.
The Vice President made this name in a keynote speech delivered on behalf of the Deputy Minister of Commerce, Agribusiness and Trade, Mr. Sampson Ahi, on the Speed up Africa’s Progress Join 2026 convention held in Accra on 25 Might 2026 to commemorate Africa Day.
Talking on the convention held on the College of Ghana’s Sedi Convention Centre, Professor Opoku Agyemang mentioned Africa might not afford to be an exporter of uncooked supplies whereas importing completed items at excessive price.
“We’re not content material to export uncooked supplies whereas different firms manufacture completed items and promote them again to us at increased costs,” she mentioned.
“That mannequin would not serve us and now we have no intention of sustaining it.”
The convention introduced collectively representatives from greater than 30 African nations on the theme of commercial transformation and continental cooperation.
Discussions centered on 4 foremost pillars together with coverage and management, expertise improvement, job and wealth creation, and information and commerce exchanges as a pathway in direction of inclusive industrialization throughout the continent.
The Vice President emphasised the necessity for African nations to strengthen native manufacturing, create alternatives for younger folks and ladies, and construct resilient economies that may drive long-term improvement.
His Excellency Nyakan June, Founder and World Chief Govt Officer of Twow Africa and organizer of the Speed up Africa’s Progress Join convention, additionally known as on Africans within the diaspora to actively contribute to the continent’s industrialization and financial development efforts.
