 Going to other parts of Africa now, French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed African leaders and the heads of multilateral lenders in Paris for a summit aimed at finding ways of financing African economies hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic and discussed handing-day continents billions of dollars' debt. He says Africa has only takes to succeed and it has a youth, a productive force and the ability to take on challenges such as the climate and food emergencies in particular. The summit is part of Macron's efforts to recast France's engagement in Africa, where it was once a colonial power. At a time, the continent faces a near $300 billion deficit by the end of 2023 while trying to recover from the downturn. And the capacity to take on challenges such as climate and food emergencies in particular. If collectively, we decide to offer a new gift. And it is this first step that we want to take during this summit in Paris. Today, there is the pandemic, there are other pandemics that have affected Africa for too many years, this economic and social crisis and the epicenter of international terrorism that is being deployed in Africa. This is why it is imperative to be able to update our financial rules by taking into account this security charge that costs a lot of African states, but also by having an African doctrine of good governance. Gather here to reverse what has developed as a very dangerous divergence between advanced economies and developing countries, especially Africa. We have to go back to the strong development Africa had before COVID, for Africa and for the rest of the world. Africa this year is expected to grow only 3.2%. The rest of the world, 6%. We have to boost growth public and private investments in Africa and we can do that by mobilizing financing from international organizations, from bilateral donors and of course from the countries themselves. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.