Dangote canvasses free trade to deepen Africas economy
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according to him all hands are on deck to complete the process of listing the development which he said is being looked towards for by the business community2 asked about when the much touted listing of dangote cement on the london stock exchange he told his audience comprising of investors business magnates captains of industry and african heads of government which included president nana akufo-addo of ghana and ali bongo of gabon that the listing might happen in 20191 the nigerian entrepreneur said the key to africas economic growth and strength is in the development of the regional market saying regional markets in africa must work1 dangote said africans must patronise african markets which is why the free trade agreements by african nations is the direction to go to strengthen african markets1 the president of dangote group cited neighbouring benin republic which continues to import cement from china while his nigerian factory is only 35 miles away from the border1 we need to trade with ourselves dangote stated as he spoke glowingly about the prospect of african economy the free trade agreement and the availability of huge raw materials to attract investors1 dangote spoke in london during one to one conversation at the on-going 5th annual financial times african summit1 africas leading businessman aliko dangote has called for conscious efforts at deepening african regional market by african investors and governments to aid rapid growth and development of the continents economy1 prompted by the editor of the newspaper lionel barber to speak about difficult markets like tanzania and ethiopia dangote dismissed the issue difficulty and re-affirmed our aim is to always provide jobs and worth. as an african investor i dont want any investor anywhere in africa to have a bad experience1 dangote repeated his central mantra for african growth urging the reduction of exports of raw materials to other continent but create greater wealth within african economies1 we need to continue to transform the structure of african economies. he alluded to his companys entry into the ghana sugar market pointing that he is further expanding his sugar business to ghana for the main reason of helping to revitalise its economy1 we are going to help ghana grow its own sugar for the first time1