NEW: President Mnangagwa opens SADC Industrialisation Week

Zvamaida Murwira

PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA officially opened the 7th SADC Industrialisation Week Wednesday morning with a call for greater collaboration between the public and private sectors for the successful implementation of the industrialisation and modernisation agenda in the region.

The event, which is a precursor to the SADC Heads of State and Government Summit and is the largest public-private engagement platform, aims at fostering new opportunities for intra-African trade and investment in the Southern African region.

In his keynote address, President Mnangagwa said SADC member states must spur sustainable growth for a sound and diversified industrial base with wide-ranging new products and jobs for the people.

“Modernisation and industrialisation of our economies is no longer a luxury but a matter of necessity for the future we all want and deserve,” he said.