The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has urged Heads of State, Heads of Government and Business Leaders to build the partnerships for the future.
He welcomed the leaders to London and entreated them to a new start in business partnerships between the UK and their countries.
Boris Jonson noted that he was reliably informed that this is the very first time that the UK and quite so many African nations have come together for an event of this kind.
He recounted that this is the celebration of all sorts of exciting new beginnings, the start of a new year new decade and a new government in Britain.
It is an event whose time has come. And indeed an event that is long overdue, he mentioned.
Boris Johnson noted that he regarded such an event as the climax of considerable personal exertion because during his two years as foreign secretary he visited more African nations than any other senior British politician in living memory-Ghana, the Gambia, Libya, Liberia, Uganda,NigeriaCote D’Ivoire, Somalia, Kenya, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
The British Prime Minister indicated that wherever he was during such trips he was proud and found a lot of interest and lot of affection for the UK and even a lot of love.
“But I also realized that we in the UK have a vital job in continuing to convince people across the continent that we’re not just a great friend and ally, a reliable ally, but also the people you should be doing business with.
Boris Johnson was quick to also state that they at the UK have no divine right to that business.This is a competitive world.You have many suitors,the British Prime Minister Underscored.
He showcased to the World Leaders what the UK has today to offer noting that it is today regarded as the only obvious partner of choice.
He described the UK as the ultimate one-stop shop for the ambitious, growing international economy in 2020.
“If you want investment in a new project or enterprise just hop on the tube and one stop from here you’ll be in the heart of Canary Wharf, where, along with its older sibling in the City of London, trillions of pounds of capital are being raised for every venture you can think of from French construction to African telecoms to American cancer curing drugs.
Boris has also recounted that in every currency the participants at the summit could have heard of and some that have only been recently invented, it may give them some idea of the scale of the financial services in London.
The UK according to him has ed tech, med tech, fin tech, bio tech, green tech, nano tech and Tech of all kinds.
‘’…And we have by far the biggest tech sector anywhere in this hemisphere, two or three times bigger than our rivals, and that works in synergy of course with our amazing higher education sector.
He concluded that at the start of this new decade, the UK and African nations, are taking the first steps on the road to a new partnership between all our people.
And like, whatever the apparent differences in our skill sets and our abilities and the complementarily, like me and Haile Gebreselaissie thundering round Addis Ababa, we want to be with you, side by side, every step of the way,Boris ended
“Let build the partnerships for the Future” -Boris Johnson Urge African Leaders
