{"id":22685,"date":"2026-01-21T07:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/world-economic-forum-pushes-for-africa-to-sustain-itself\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:36","slug":"world-economic-forum-pushes-for-africa-to-sustain-itself","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/world-economic-forum-pushes-for-africa-to-sustain-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"World Economic Forum pushes for Africa to sustain itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Critical discussions continue at the World Economic Forum around how to navigate a new global economic landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">This where multi-literalism is increasingly under threat, panellists shared their perspectives on how Africa can prosper under these circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The overwhelming message coming through was that the continent needs to look within itself to prosper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The African Continental Free Trade Area&#8217;s Secretary General, Wamkele Mene, says that after years of negotiations among African Trade Ministers, the Secretariat is now transitioning to the implementation of the free trade area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Adding that its introduction at this time is more critical than ever, given that the walls of protectionism are being raised in key parts of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20522,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-22685","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Critical discussions continue at the World Economic Forum","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25898,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22685\/revisions\/25898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}