With the theme ‘One People, One Destiny, Uniting and Reimagining our Future’, the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum began Thursday in the coastal city of Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados.
Committing the bank to work with the governments of the Caribbean community to provide the financial framework to ease trade and investment between the two continents, he promised an investment of $700 million in the Caribbean. The Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia Amor Mottley QC, in her inspiring speech complimented the theme of ACTIF 2022, saying Africa and the Caribbean had a common root and would need to act together as they could no longer expect that their future would be determined by some other continents.
The Government of Barbados and Afreximbank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the AfCFTA Secretariat, the Africa Business Council, the CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Export Development Agency are the organisers of the trade meeting that is co-managed by Invest Barbados and Export Barbados.