FOA Economic Summit celebrated its 10th year anniversary on Thanksgiving weekend from the 9th-11th of October as a Virtual Summit on the 9th-10th October, and a small reception on the 11th October.
Highlights
Friends of Africa hosted 35 speakers and an Audience of over 2,500 over 2 days, from the Government, Private, Academic, and Diplomatic sectors across regions of Africa, North America, and Europe.
The Theme for this year was “Reigniting Global Trade- Road to recovery”.
Many private sector leaders and Governments spoke from Africa, Canadá, Europe, and USA on the efforts of their respective governments, regions, and businesses towards economic and business recovery, reopening, and support offered to businesses to kickstart the economy.
The Premier of Ontario, The Honorable Doug Ford, welcomed Friends of Africa 2020 delegates to Canada.