Kigali: Mozambique’s Armando Guebuza and Joaquim Chissano among seven ex-presidents attending Africa Leadership Forum

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Kigali: Mozambique’s Armando Guebuza and Joaquim Chissano among seven ex-presidents attending Africa Leadership Forum

8:19 CAT | 26 Jul 2018

File photo: Former presidents of Mozambique Amando Guebuza and Joaquim Chissano (r).

At least seven former African heads of state are set to attend the fifth edition of the African Leadership Forum in the Rwandan capital, a flagship event dedicated to open and frank discourses on the challenges facing the continent, a statement disclosed on Wednesday. The statement issued in Kigali said that the forum will take place from 2-3 August, under the theme: “Financing Africa’s Transformation for Sustainable Development.”

Among the expected key participants are former Presidents Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, Festus Mogae of Botswana, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Mohamed M. Marzouki of Tunisia, Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud of Somalia, Joaquim Chissano and Armando Guebuza (both of Mozambique).

They will be joined by Mukhisa Kituyi, the Secretary General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group.

The 5th ALF meet organised by Uongozi Institute in collaboration with the Thabo Mbeki Foundation will be held at Kigali Convention Centre between August 2 and3, 2018 under the theme: ‘Financing Africa’s Transformation for Sustainable Development.’

Organisers said that participants “will try to understand the current and emerging context for financing Africa’s development.

It said this will be another occasion to share successes and failures in national, regional, and continental attempts to address specific financing challenges and recommendations for unlocking increased financing for Africa’s development.

The forum will also discuss measures and policies that can improve the investment climate in African countries in order to stem the flow of resources out of the continent.

One of the recommended major change, is focusing on policies for creating and sustaining a consistent and stable macroeconomic environment and promoting capital markets, it said.

Source: APA / KT Press Rwanda