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Speech: “Grand Bahamas Vision – A Gateway for Africa and the Caribbean”

Excellencies, distinguished leaders, brothers and sisters across the Atlantic,

Last month, I was privileged to participate in the fourth Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum held in the paradise island of Grenada in the Caribbean. It is at this Forum that I learnt of the vision of the Grand Bahamas – a vision to create a trade and logistics hub connecting the African continent and the Caribbean by the year 2027.

❖ Your Excellency Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
❖ Your Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola and Chairperson of the African Union;
❖ Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Incoming Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community;
❖ Other Heads of State and Government of the African Union and the Caribbean Community;

Delivered by H.E. Amb. Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah
Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
DR. MEKDES DABA, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF HEALTH OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA,
HONOURABLE MINISTERS OF HEALTH FROM AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN,
YOUR EXCELLENCY, DR. CARLA NATALIE BARNETT, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),
YOUR EXCELLENCIES AMBASSADORS,
HEADS OF DELEGATIONS,
REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

Honourable Ministers of Health from African Union Member States,
Honourable Ministers of Health from Caribbean States,
Your Excellency Dr Carla Natalie Barnett, CARICOM Secretary General,
Your Excellency, Amb. Amma Twum-Amoah, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) department
Esteemed Partners and participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,