‘Africa is the now frontier’ boasts Botswana’s President

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‘Africa is not just the next frontier. It is the now frontier. It is the future.’ So said Duma Boko, President of Botswana, speaking to CGTN on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.  #wef25 #worldeconomicforum

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00:00We have now begun and are about to conclude, get everybody on board in relation to the Africa Free Continental Trade area,

00:10which will remove all barricades to trade within Africa, amongst African countries,

00:17and increase the volume of trade amongst the African countries.

00:22And that is a population of about 1.4 billion.

00:27And that's a very young population whose dynamism and youthful vitality will drive the economy.

00:34And by 2050, we will have a much larger population and will be the youngest continent in the whole world.

00:42So Africa has huge potential.

00:45But Africa can maximize on the benefits of this potentiality by ensuring that it has stability politically,

00:55it has institutions that are durable, that can sustain the countries outside of individuals,

01:02and that the economies grow, and the GDP of each country and collectively of the African continent is increased exponentially,

01:11as it should and can be.

01:13And in the process, the world will now have no option but to pay attention to Africa.

01:19Africa is not just the next frontier. It is the now frontier. It is the future.

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