Warsaw, Poland - 19 April 2015: Strengthening political and economic cooperation and diplomatic relationship between Africa and Poland is the focus of the African Union Commission Chairperson's visit to Poland. Since arriving on Thursday 16 April 2015, the AU Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has held meetings with Poland's political leadership, including the President of the Republic Bronislaw Komorowski, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, Foreign Affairs Minister Grzegorz Schetyna and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Elzbieta Radziszewska.

"Meeting you, Madam Chairperson, was so important that I had to cut short my political campaign to do so." President Bronislaw Komorowski said, stating the importance of the visit of the AU Commission Chairperson, Dr. Dlamini Zuma. President Komorowski said through his personal conviction and as government policy, Polish activities in Africa will continue to increase.

With the adoption of Africa's transformation Agenda 2063, the AU Commission Chairperson took the opportunity to present investment opportunities available in the continent's agenda across every meeting. She highlighted priority as being skills development, building infrastructure for transport, energy, ICT, industries as well as investing in agriculture and agro-processing.

With Poland's "Go-Africa" foreign policy and its experience in most of these areas, particularly in the last 25 years of transformation, there is great scope for economic cooperation and investments.

"It is a win-win opportunity to invest in Africa where the return on investment is currently very attractive and high. We will transform our raw materials in Africa, add value to products, create jobs for our people, while the investors get good returns." Dr Dlamini Zuma pointed out.

Poland and other Central Eastern European countries will find in Africa's Agenda 2063 plenty of long term investment opportunities. This is the message the AU Commission Chairperson will convey when she addresses the over seven thousand of delegates attending the European Economic Congress on Monday 20 April 2015 in Katowice, in Poland.

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