{"id":36888,"date":"2018-01-29T21:13:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-urges-more-involvement-of-private-sector\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T07:02:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:02:32","slug":"kagame-urges-more-involvement-of-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-urges-more-involvement-of-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame urges more involvement of private sector in AU agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame was speaking Monday while closing the 30th AU Summit that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Kagame thanked participants for a successful summit they had and welcomed new Heads of States and Government participated for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He said they had the opportunity before the summit to hold a conclusive and positive reform meeting and said they will continue consulting as the process unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur time here together is a most precious moment on our annual calendar. We must therefore get the most out of our summits. Let us work together to do even better next time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would encourage closer collaboration with Africa\u2019s private sector on the Union\u2019s key initiatives. They are eager to get involved and are critical partners in creating opportunities and building the prosperity our continent needs,\u201d Kagame noted.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame reminded participants that an issue that deserves more of attention is conservation. He thanked former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa for highlighting this. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfricans need to take the lead, in partnership with like-minded global organisations, in conservation because it affects us directly,\u201d Kagame added.<\/p>\n<p>He said that driving conservation will allow Africans get the most out of their continent\u2019s assets, contribute to better management of agriculture and tourism sectors, and support efforts to mitigate climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, they announced that they will launch the \u2018Continental Free Trade Area\u2019 in a summit that will take place in Kigali in March.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame invited fellow Heads of States in next summit in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs announced yesterday, we are on the cusp of creating a Continental Free Trade Area. We look forward to welcoming all of you, to the summit on this issue in Kigali, at the end of March,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit, Kagame; African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat and Togo President, Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 and other Heads of States launched the Single African Air Transport Market.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23874 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/duuaripwsaaeilq.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat (Left)\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame and the Chairperson of African Union (AU) has encouraged countries to ensure close collaboration with Africa\u2019s private sector along the implementation of the Union\u2019s key initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[197],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-john-mbaraga"],"bylines":[{"id":197,"name":"John Mbaraga","slug":"john-mbaraga","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":19}],"contributors":[{"id":197,"name":"John Mbaraga","slug":"john-mbaraga","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":19}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36888"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36888"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}