This year the forthcoming Africa-France summit is being opened up to private and particularly African businesses. What can France expect today from African entrepreneurs?
THE PRESIDENT – The forthcoming Africa-France summit will indeed, and for the first time, be open to non-State players, such as companies, civil societies, the world of the arts and voluntary sector. They are what make relations between Africa and France both substantive and distinctive. In Nice, businesses will have pride of place, since not only over 200 French and African entrepreneurs, but also representatives of trade union organizations will be taking part in the discussions. Immediately after my election, I suggested to our African partners that we should modernize these summits, not only to adapt them to the new realities of relations between Africa and France, but also to address more effectively the challenges of the 21st century. This is what we have done. The Nice Summit will provide the opportunity to tackle the essential problems in the development of the African economies: how to improve the business environment in Africa? How to encourage the financing of African compan
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