By Our Reporter
Regional integration is the key to the development of Africa. This is only possible if there is strong political will to succeed, corruption is dealt with, as well as formation of sound and predictable policies to attract the financing Africa needs to build infrastructure. In addition, the role of Capital Markets will prove critical in bringing down the cost of financing.
These were the deductions of panelists in the closing session of the World Economic Forum on Africa last week.
Donald Kaberuka, the out-going President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said, “Infrastructure is a means to an end; it is not an end in itself. For integration to work, the man-made barriers to trade need to be removed.
