On Thursday, May 27, 2021, Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze addressed the Business Sector in Houston, Texas during the celebration of Africa Day. The Ambassador encouraged the US private sector to take advantage of the AfCFTA.

For Ambassador Suka-Mafudze, Africa has a unique opportunity leverage the untapped potential of its creative economy to build back better more inclusive societies and to foster innovation and mitigate social exclusion.

These principles are those of the African renaissance, the spirit of Pan-Africanism, cultural identity and shared values, dear to the founding fathers and defined in the AU Constitution, AU Agenda 2063, the Africa we want.

In her remarks, Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze echoed His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission: “The African Union is pursuing the ambition of the total political and economic independence of Africa and the realization of its unity on the basis of principles”.