Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has urged African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities to accelerate the continent's socio-economic development.
She said the continent could raise funding through value addition to natural resources, tapping into pension funds to raise patient capital to fund development and also pricing carbon emissions with innovative ways.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal in her address at the Heads of State and Government breakfast dialogue held at the AU Commission Headquarters, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The event, which was hosted by President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana, was on the theme: "Africa at the forefront: Mobilising African Investment and Financing for Implementing Agenda 2063".
