Cape Town - Deliberations at the World Economic Forum (WEF) for Africa has enabled South Africa’s private and public sectors to form useful relationships, said Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Ramaphosa and Team South Africa – comprising government and business leaders – concluded participation in the 26th WEF 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday.
The three-day event was themed “Connecting Africa’s resources through digital transformation” and focused on the priority areas of long-term investing, infrastructure and development; food security and agriculture, and the future of the internet.
Throughout the Forum, Team South Africa assured potential investors and partners that South Africa is being open to business and remains a preferred investment destination.
Addressing a media conference at the end of the Forum, Ramaphosa said the deliberations had proved that Africa was on the move, and had enabled South Africa’s private and public sectors to form useful relationships regionally and internationally.
"As Team South Africa, the journey here has been really worthwhile; it has been a fruitful visit," he said.
"South African businesses have made valuable contacts with other businesses (and) our state-owned enterprises have had occasion to interact with SOEs and business from other countries, and have formed useful relationships,” said Ramaposa.