“DrWe must invest in African ingenuity and ingenuity, which will lead to economic growth and incredible opportunities, not only for the people of the 54 countries that make up this diverse continent, but also for Americans and people around the world,” Harris said, adding that on this visit Africa will also go to Tanzania and Zambia.
The US vice president was speaking at a ceremony at the Black Star Gate, a memorial located in Independence Square in Ghana’s capital, Accra, commissioned by Kwame Nrkomah, the anti-colonial leader and the country’s first president after its independence from the United Kingdom. , in 1957.
Harris said, “To the young leaders who are here today, you are dreamers and creative by nature, and so I tell you, it is your spark, and that creativity and determination is the spark that will lead the future,” stressing that “African ideas and innovations will shape the future of the world.”
The Vice President of the United States also stressed the need to address the “gender inequalities” that continue to occur “all over the world, including in the United States,” in order to create the right context for innovations and economic growth.
“In Africa, we know that women grow most of the food but are less likely to own the land; they make up the majority of frontline health workers but face inequality in pay; they are entrepreneurs but have limited access to capital and markets; they are peacemakers but they are still overrepresented.” deficient in decision-making.”
On supporting the fight against terrorism, another topic on the agenda of the US administration in its approach to Africa, Kamala Harris had already announced today that the United States would guarantee support worth one hundred million dollars (about 92.4 million euros) in the coming period. Contract to West Africa.
Harris, who met with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, said the money is part of the US strategy to promote stability in Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Conakry and Togo.
And the owner of the number 2 in the US administration will leave Ghana, where she arrived on Sunday, on Wednesday to travel to Tanzania as part of a tour that experts considered an attempt to strengthen the US relationship with the continent in the face of the advancing powers. Like China and Russia.
The trip follows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visits to Ethiopia and Niger earlier this month, and US First Lady Jill Biden’s visits to Namibia and Kenya last February.
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