{"id":34538,"date":"2026-05-15T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34538"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:43:19","slug":"africa-ceo-forum-calls-for-regional-growth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/africa-ceo-forum-calls-for-regional-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CEO Forum calls for regional growth"},"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);\">There was strong call for deeper regional integration, accelerated investment and private sector-led growth, on the first day of the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.<\/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);\">Business leaders, policymakers and investors from across the continent, largely underscored the need for Africa to shape its own economic future through innovation, collaboration and bold leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kigali&#8217;s pristine streets, a fitting path to the Africa CEO Forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The city reflecting the order, innovation and ambition\u00a0shaping Africa&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The private sector and governments walking together towards a more sustainable and inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Africa aims to drum to its own beat with governments and the private sector moving in rhythm to build a stronger, self-driven economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34539,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34538","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Africa CEO Forum","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34538","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\/34538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34540,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34538\/revisions\/34540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}