President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, used his last of the African Union’s (AU’s) annual February summits to launch a passionate appeal to the AU and his colleague heads of state to support the implementation of an Africa-wide mobile telephony interoperability system.
Addressing the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State of the African Union (AU), today, Sunday, 18 February 2024, the Ghanaian leader called for the adoption of the 2024 Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD 2024) Compact Document and, specifically, for the adoption of a continental interoperability network across all member states.
This, he stressed, would give a major boost to Africa’s efforts toward building the world’s largest single market through the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by allowing tens of millions of Africans to buy and sell goods and services across borders in their local currencies.
In his address to his fellow leaders at the Nelson Mandela Plenary Hall at the AU head office in Addis Ababa, President Akufo-Addo said Africa’s ambition to establish the world’s largest single market under AfCFTA will be enhanced mightily by the continent’s leaders adopting a “collective, aggressive embrace of the digital economy and its available tools.”
He said, “At the end of last month’s three-day Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) 2024, which I was happy to host at the Peduase Presidential Lodge in Aburi, Ghana, the participants signed up to the Peduase Compact, a document I am informed has been widely distributed here at this Summit.
Story by: Osei Akoto(Teacher Kojo) #Ahotoronline.com
