play videoFormer Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen
Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has once again stressed the need for Africa to unite politically if it is to make any meaningful impact in terms of development.
Kyerematen, who has held this view for a long time both as a private and public figure, believes the continent is endowed with abundant resources and that the only thing lacking is for Africa to see itself as one and mobilize its common resources for development.
Speaking on PanaGenius TV, the Independent presidential candidate for the 2024 election said he could not understand why a continent with a population of 1.4 billion, a GDP of 3.4 trillion dollars, more arable land than any other continent and hardworking human resources could still be poor.
He opined that his work with African leaders on the formation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, which focuses on economic integration, exposed that indeed African Unity was the way forward.
Stressing his point, the former Ghana Ambassador to the United States expressed his firm conviction that the AU’s Agenda 2063, which seeks the political integration of the continent, buttresses his view that African leaders recognize unity in all aspects as the best path to development.
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“The idea that each country within the African zone has its own area of comparative advantage is the more reason there has to be that political unity so that Ghana would not have to buy sausage for instance from Europe but from Kenya,” Kyerematen stated.
He believes there is strength in unity and that it is not something beyond the continent.
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