How can Africa win the battle on infrastructure?
12 September 2019 |
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Opuiyo Oforiokuma, Head of Strategy and Investor Relations at Africa 50 explores how Africa an overcome challenges facing infrastructure development on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. He joins CNBC Africa's Kenneth Igbomor for more.
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