⁣US Africa Leaders Summit - Ghana's President urges Africa to stop begging. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries must wean themselves off "begging" the West to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the continent.
"If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will not need to ask for respect from anyone, we will get the respect we deserve. If we make it prosperous as it should be, respect will follow," Mr. Akufo-Addo said. He made the remarks during the opening of the US-Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington DC.