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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86861, member: 27"] A push for African economic control just got shoved from talk mode into do something mode, with pressure on leaders to stop circling ideas and actually build the systems. Accra Reset event in Addis Ababa [LIST] [*]President John Dramani Mahama wrapped the Accra Reset side gathering in Addis Ababa. [*]His closing pitch hammered that Africa needs real economic control. [*]Mahama pushed leaders to quit debating and start executing. [*]The forum ran alongside the 39th African Union Assembly of Heads of State. [/LIST] Congo minerals and conflict cash [LIST] [*]President John Dramani Mahama flagged the Democratic Republic of Congo as ground zero. [*]Mahama talked up mineral tracing systems to separate clean supply chains. [*]Global appetite for DRC resources, he argued, keeps tensions simmering. [*]Congo’s wealth, according to him, must benefit local communities. [/LIST] Pan-African payments and travel links [LIST] [*]President John Dramani Mahama pressed for intra-African payment networks. [*]He said ditching outside currencies would free cross-border trade. [*]ASKY Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines earned praise for boosting regional mobility. [*]Ferry plans from Accra to Lagos to Monrovia got a shoutout. [/LIST] Global ties and Nkrumah echoes [LIST] [*]President John Dramani Mahama framed Africa’s growth as good for world markets. [*]Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received a nod for Pan-African rhetoric. [*]Mahama linked Abdelatty’s tone to Kwame Nkrumah’s continental vision. [*]Accra Reset, he said, aims at autonomy without isolating partners. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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