{"id":13711,"date":"2023-11-09T14:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13711"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:23:28","slug":"africaribbean-trade-and-investment-forum-2023-a-remarkable-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/africaribbean-trade-and-investment-forum-2023-a-remarkable-success\/","title":{"rendered":"AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2023: A Remarkable Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2023 (ACTIF 2023) has been hailed as a &#8216;resounding success&#8217; by Guyana&#8217;s Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, held at the Marriott Hotel, saw participation from over 1,500 attendees representing 33 different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a closing press conference, Dr. Singh emphasized that the forum provided a significant opportunity to strengthen economic ties and build on historical connections between Africa and the Caribbean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank), highlighted that the forum solidified the bank&#8217;s efforts to enhance the AfriCaribbean relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the importance of developing payment systems as the next step in strengthening bilateral ties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum, hosted by the Government of Guyana in collaboration with Afreximbank, took place from October 30-31. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event witnessed the signing of various deals for developmental projects in several CARICOM countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana, in particular, secured funding of $500 million USD for critical infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resounding success of ACTIF 2023 reflects a significant step forward in strengthening economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean, setting the stage for enhanced collaboration and development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reported by Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2023 (ACTIF 2023) has been hailed as a &#8216;resounding success&#8217; by Guyana&#8217;s Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh. The event, held at the Marriott Hotel,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350,367,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news","category-one-guyana","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13713,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions\/13713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}