“In realizing and in delivering this vision [Agenda 2063], we are also delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, which are the global development goals, and therefore we are really being the premier; we are really the umbrella body for all development activities on the continent,” she explained, speaking on the sidelines of the COM2025.
“Without putting as many stakeholders in the economy, like women, like youth, integrated into the economy, there will not be growth and there will not be trade,” she stated.
“When we talk about infrastructure, it's not only the physical infrastructure, like roads, rails, waterways and all this, but also the digital, as well as the infrastructure that we need for industrialization, like the economic zones, like the agriculture parks, and also like the one post-border to make sure that trade is facilitated at the borders,” she explained.