By: Mohamed .B. Kallon
Cairo – Tuesday, 30 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to The Arab Republic of Egypt was a key speaker at the thirteenth Annual Egypt Economic Forum 2021 courtesy of Smart Vision under the title ‘’ Egypt the gateway to exports to Middle East and Africa after Corona Pandemic’’.
The forum was attended by Ambassadors, Heads of Missions, and trade representatives from many countries to share their expertise on how to support Egyptian exports in the fields of agriculture and industrial products, small and medium enterprises, exports medical products, export brands, textile and more. The forum discussed all points and solutions to make Egypt gateway to exports in all fields in Africa and Middle East and how to support Egyptian exports and work to exploit all expected expert agreements between Egypt, the African Union, and how they can benefit from other agreements like the Egyptian-European Partnership Agreement and the Mercosur Agreement.
In his presentation, Ambassador Fofana extolled the virtues of Egypt and their capabilities in achieving their dream of becoming a gateway to trade in Africa and the Middle East based on their palpable support to the growth of indigenous industries, small and medium enterprises and exports in medical products and meeting production targets which is the motivation to their dream of exporting their products. “My country Sierra Leone is open for business and government has provided the enabling environment to boost trade with sister countries. We look forward to future cooperation between the business community in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Sierra Leone” the Ambassador stated while trying to create a space for Sierra Leone.
He asked the forum to use the lessons learnt from the Corona situation to develop a more robust post pandemic strategy that will support the agenda to placing Egypt on the position where it wants to be.
The Forum ended with presentation of Smart Vision 9th Annual Awards to participants.