Africa should stop exporting wealth and importing poverty: Ashipala-Musavyi

NAMPA

2025-08-09

KATIMA MULILO, 06 August 2025 - The Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala - Musavyi at the 3rd Engagement of the Ministerial Regional Business Engagements at the Zambezi Regional Council Auditorium. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

RUNDU, 09 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, has emphasised that Africa continues to lag in development because it exports its wealth in the form of raw materials, while importing poverty.

Speaking during a joint ministerial engagement held in Rundu on Friday, hosted by her ministry alongside the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy with members of the business community, Ashipala-Musavyi urg...

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