The president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has called on fellow African leaders to collaborate as he shares his belief on a “self-reliant” Africa amid tensions from Donald Trump and Western forces.
In an interview on the MSC Townhall, Mahama talked about how Africans can survive regardless of support from the US and the absence of USAID.
He elaborated on the existence of continental free trading in Africa, which enables a tariff-free importation and exportation between African countries, and how Africans can capitalize on it to overcome trade barriers.
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There are obstacles because our trade channels are the colonial trade channels between us and Europe, and not ourselves.
“One of the things we need to deal with first is to build infrastructure to be able to exchange goods between ourselves,” he continued.
Mahama also talked about the free movement of people between African countries and encouraged that it push forward in terms of goods exchange.
When asked if the actions of Trump’s administration enable Africa to be self-reliant, Mahama revealed he was positive.
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“Definitely, we will learn to be more self-reliant as a continent, and we will trade more among ourselves,” he stated.