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How Africa can use Expo 2020 Dubai as a launchpad for growth

Mark-Anthony Johnson by Mark-Anthony Johnson
October 4, 2021
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For the first time in the 170-year history of World Expos, the African Union will be participating as an official partner and every African nation has its own pavilion at the Dubai edition, which opened on October 1.

Expo 2020 Dubai will showcase the continent’s vast potential – including its innovations, business opportunities and incredible art, culture, heritage and natural beauty.

For six months from October 1, more than 190 participating nations, including every country in Africa, will gather in the UAE to broaden horizons and exchange ideas that inspire action to tackle real-life challenges and spur positive change.

Expo 2020 is expected to open up new markets, offering unrivalled opportunities for African countries to reach an international audience (an estimated 25m visitors), seek #investments and forge new partnerships that will reinvigorate their economies.

Africa’s participation at Expo 2020 is a testament to the long-standing relationship between the UAE and Africa, a statement said.

Africa’s population of more than 1.3 billion is predicted to double by the middle of this century, potentially rising to four billion people by 2100.

How the continent embraces its accomplishments and overcomes its challenges – from the global health pandemic to climate change, sustainable food supplies, and equal access to the basic human rights of education, digitalisation and healthcare – will have enormous implications in the continent and beyond.

Also read: Why Africa? – Dubai initiative highlights untapped opportunities in West Africa

Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and director-general of Expo 2020 Dubai, said:

“Africa is the future – not just for Africans, but for the entire world. The youngest, fastest-growing continent on the planet is brimming with promise, and the global community has a shared responsibility to ensure it grasps that opportunity for the good of us all.

“Huge strides have been made since the Organisation of African Unity was founded in 1963, and we will continue that momentum at Expo 2020, where Africa and everything it has to offer will be accessible to the world in new and unexpected ways – encouraging connections, boosting collaborations and helping drive widespread progress and prosperity.”

Citizens of all countries can visit the #UnitedArabEmirates if they are fully vaccinated with one of the World Health Organization-approved Covid-19 vaccines.

To get into the Expo itself, all those aged 18 and over will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test. Free testing will be available to ticket-holders on site.

Can you spot your country’s flag?

Visit Expo 2020 Dubai Official Website

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MARK-ANTHONY JOHNSON is the founder and CEO of JIC Holdings, an innovative private holding company established in 2009 which he has built into an international asset and investment management company with offices, associates and investments around the globe. This followed the success of the JIC Group which he founded in 1985. He was educated in the UK at Mill Hill School and then achieved a BA (Hons) in Business and International Finance at University of Westminster. Mark-Anthony’s vision has long been towards emerging and frontier markets with particular emphasis on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and his philosophy can be summed up in the phrase “knowledge is power”. Mark-Anthony is also enthusiastic about the latest communication tools, which he uses intensively to keep in touch with up to the minute data. With a deep-rooted connection to the African continent, Mark-Anthony has been passionate about developments in Africa for over 30 years. He has worldwide interests in mining, infrastructure, power, electricity, shipping, commodities, agriculture and fisheries and is currently looking to develop farms across Africa. Mark-Anthony has a vision for a future Africa as the breadbasket of the world. For many years Mark-Anthony has been active on the ground in Africa through his charitable foundation, the Johnson Foundation. Created in 1989, it first provided assistance to people in his ancestral home country, Sierra Leone, even before the civil war. Once the war started, his aid was even more necessary and became focussed on Mark-Anthony’s major concerns for Africa -education, clean water and medical assistance. Over the years, the Foundation’s work has been extended into many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and has been instrumental in setting up new clinics and rehabilitating villages, schools, places of worship, water facilities etc.

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