Online Reporter
George Maponga in MASVINGO
PAN African Parliament (PAP) president Chief Fortune Charumbira has exhorted African states to come up with homegrown initiatives that help the continent chart its own course and engender transformative development for more than one billion citizens in Africa.
He was speaking in New York at the high-level launch of the Africa Strategic Investment Alliance (ASIA), which, among other things, seeks to create partnerships for the continent’s financial inclusion agenda.
The launch was held under the theme, “Uniting People, Capital and Prosperity: Public-Private and Philanthropy”.
Chief Charumbira highlighted the importance of steering Africa’s march to prosperity from within, noting that in Zimbabwe, the country has successfully pivoted to a development trajectory towards Vision 2030, which aims to create an upper-middle-income economy thanks to President Mnangagwa.
The PAP president says Africa can draw invaluable lessons from the Zimbabwean dream being built by President Mnangagwa.
“This launch is not only a milestone for Africa’s financial inclusion agenda but it is also a powerful signal to the world that Africa is prepared to chart its own course, through African-led platforms, to secure prosperity for its people,” said Chief Charumbira.
“As my President, His Excellency Dr Emmerson Mnangangwa would rightly say in my vernacular language, “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo” which translates to a country and indeed, a continent is built by its own citizens.
He stressed the important role played by PAP to drive development in Africa as a body of direct representatives of all the peoples on the continent.
The continental legislature will continue to intensify efforts to fulfil the aspirations of African people who remain on the economic margins despite the continent being home to a vast natural resources base.
