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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa has been blessed with rich natural resources and must make good use of them.

To him, the perception that the continent is poor is far from the truth, reiterating that the country should never face poverty due to its resources.

“We all know that Africa is blessed, Africa is not a poor continent she is too rich to be poor. A continent that has every natural resource imaginable; oil, gas, minerals and an abundance of sunlight. We have some 65 per cent of all arable land available to feed 9 billion people globally by 2030 and our continent is filled with the most youthful population in the world.

"Everything we need to transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future,” President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the second edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues in Peduase, Eastern region, on Thursday, January 25, 2024.

He also emphasized the importance of economic integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  

“I’m now encouraged that Africa now has a private sector that is ready, deliberate and eager to see that the 60-year-old dream of the United Africa manifests. The difference perhaps, of the then and today is that the focus is on an area where there can be no debate –economic integration."

“How we facilitate the free movement of people, goods and services across this vast and resourceful mass Africa is what we must devote our energies to” President Akufo Addo said.