Beyond the advancement of reforms that will lower barriers to growth, as reflected in our low ranking in the Doing Business index, and increased competition in industries where it is insufficient (including in the financial sector), it is important to also act to improve the level of public services to the citizen, including in education and training, particularly technological training, in health, welfare, active labor market policy – with particular focus on the integration of population groups with low integration levels into the labor market, inter alia by giving them the skills for the labor market.
On this front, allow me to underline that over the past eight years, Africa has been registering gross direct investment inflows of around USD50 billion, on average every year according to 2018 World Investment Report released in June last.