Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings has implored candidates Trump and Clinton not to change the US-Africa Policy but rather seek on expanding it.
He said this when he was making his speech as the keynote speaker at the US Senator Chris Coons’ Opportunity Africa Conference 2016.
According to him, when the people are empowered economically, their living standards will automatically increase.
In his words, “That is exactly what I, and 200 other US and African political and business leaders including President Obama and over 30 African Presidents, will be discussing next week at the US-Africa Business Forum in New York- how to strengthen mutually beneficial economic ties between the African and American peoples.”
Elumelu who is one of Africa’s leading Entrepreneurs has promised to commit his time and $100m to ensure that a generation of African Business men and women.
“If we give our people the economic tools to thrive, living standards increase, the political challenges that Africa faces can be tackled and fundamental positive change can be assured. He called on the next US President to work in Shared Purpose with Africans on implementing innovative solutions to the complex but surmountable challenges in Africa, he said”