Africa is poised to become the next frontier of global economic growth with its demographic advantage, natural resources and untapped renewable energy, CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett told a gathering of various African leaders on Friday.
There is also an opportunity for the continent and the Caribbean to “forge a path towards mutually beneficial collective action,” she said as she also cited the Bridgetown Initiative 3.0 as a common platform for joint advocacy.
Barnett was addressing the African Export-Import Bank 32nd Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria and her theme was Progressive Unity In A Fractured World: Building A Global African Coalition For Development.
The globalisation phenomenon, she said, was expected to enhance North-South relations and the interdependence of people worldwide and bring prosperity in the developing world, through increased efficiency of industries and competitiveness driving growth and development.
“Instead, the world has devol
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