{"id":131056,"date":"2023-12-14T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/14\/stop-begging-to-earn-global-respect-akufo-addo-to-african-countries\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:33:16","slug":"stop-begging-to-earn-global-respect-akufo-addo-to-african-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/14\/stop-begging-to-earn-global-respect-akufo-addo-to-african-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop begging to earn global respect \u2013 Akufo-Addo to African countries \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0on December 14, 2022, implored African leaders to stop begging to earn global respect.<\/p>\n<p>He made this comment at the US-Africa Leaders\u2019 Summit in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story originally published on December 14, 2022, by www.ghanaweb.com.<\/p>\n<p>President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0has called on African countries to absorb themselves from begging from the West to earn global respect and move away from old-aged perceptions of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering remarks at the ongoing US-Africa Leaders\u2019 Summit in Washington DC, President Akufo-Addo extolled Africa\u2019s skills and manpower which he believes can bring significant change when well harnessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will not need to ask for respect from anyone, we will get the respect we deserve. If we make it prosperous as it should be, respect will follow,\u201d President Akufo-Addo is quoted by BBC.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfricans are more resilient outside the continent than inside. We must bear in mind that to the outside world, [there\u2019s] nothing like Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya, we are simply Africans. Our destiny as people depends on each other,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo\u2019s remarks come after Ghana on December 13, 2022, secured a Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund for US$3 billion under an Extended Credit Facility (ECF).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0on December 14, 2022, implored African leaders to stop begging to earn global respect. He made this comment at the US-Africa Leaders\u2019 Summit in Washington DC. 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