The African continent ought to seize every available opportunity to attract and nurture investments to live up to the narrative of ‘it’s Africa’s time’, President Paul Kagame has said.

Kagame was yesterday speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa at the second edition of the Africa Investment Forum hosted by the African Development Bank.

The President was speaking alongside South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, and Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário of Mozambique on a panel discussion on Investing in Africa.

The President said that Africa’s development tide will not be turned by solely knowing what ought to be done or capabilities but getting to do it.

“It is not just knowing what you ought to do or being capable of it, it is about actually doing it,” he said.

He challenged leaders and stakeholders from across the continent to seize every available opportunity to get towards where the continent ought to be