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The African Prosperity Network (APN) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat stand ready to welcome African heads of state, top business leaders, heads of international development agencies and DFIs, social change makers and other pan-African thinkers. proceeding. Leaders of the next African Prosperity Dialogue (APD) to be held in Ghana from 25 to 27 January 2024. The theme of APD 2024 is “Bringing prosperity to Africa – production, value addition and trade”.
Ahead of this high-profile conference in Ghana, the APN Secretariat, in collaboration with AfCFTA, is organizing a media webinar on Tuesday the 19th.th In December 2024, it will help organize and discuss issues related to achieving collective ownership by African peoples, which is the focus of the AfCFTA single market.
Under the theme “What do we know about AfCFTA – and why should the media care?”, this discussion will focus on the role of the media in mobilizing public engagement and participation in AfCFTA, and in particular We consider the opportunities opened by the AfCFTA, as it brings significant benefits. We will also contribute to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa and Global Africa (Africa Region 6).
Today’s webinar will be held from 14:00 to 15:20 GMT and will include Ferial Haffazi, Joel Kibazo, Charles Onyango-Obo, Andrew Mwenda, Mariama Si Ba, Audrey Gazekpo and Samuel Attah. It will feature heavyweights from African media. -Mensah, Elizabeth Orne, David Ndi, Nou Saro Wiwa, Dele Modu.
This powerful webinar will discuss how to internalize and normalize the emerging reality of facilitating the free movement of people, goods and services among Africa’s 1.4 billion people. It also urges AfCFTA stakeholders and influential media actors to do more to convince people across Africa of the tremendous and prosperous potential of intra-African trade.
A big question that will emerge is what AfCFTA and member states can do to support the media in building public education about a newly opened Africa. And how seriously do African journalists themselves take the task of spreading their message?
APN’s key partner, AfCFTA, has been at the forefront of Africa’s new trade paradigm, bringing new life to the continent’s efforts to build the world’s largest single market. However, deep-rooted questions have come to the fore: how to achieve the single market through viable and bankable policy positions.
APD 2024, which will be hosted by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo in January next year, is proposing a theme and a set of thematic areas in an effort to gather the necessary actions that will bring about prosperity across the continent. Transforming Africa by prioritizing value-added economies across the continent.
Media webinars essentially invite participants to explore and strategize about information distribution services and how media can engage and inform people across the African continent and audiences around the world. The aim is to actively participate in the AfCFTA and take advantage of the opportunities it brings. present.
This webinar will feature speakers with deep knowledge of Africa’s trade ecosystem and an understanding of APD 2024’s themes. The list of distinguished speakers also includes Frankie Edosian, Petina Gappa, Thoma Imilhe, Joy Kategekwa, Peter Seworunu and Grace. Khoza, Efua Annaman, Edith Dankwa, Aminatta Forna, Liz Gomis, and Njak Kane.
Others scheduled include Nana Aba Anamoah, George Jarrar, Kojo Mensah and Onyekachi Wambu.
The African Prosperity Dialogue (APD) is organized by the African Prosperity Network (APN) in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. The dialogue in January next year will be hosted by the President of Ghana, who has invited several African heads of state, and the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Irfaan Ali.
The APD 2024 Retreat will be held from January 25th to 27th, 2024 at Peduase Presidential Lodge, Aburi Hills, Eastern Region of Ghana. On the evening of January 26, the Presidential Banquet and Africa Prosperity Champion Awards Ceremony will be held at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra.