Anand says women are key in pursuit of shared economic growth with African countries

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is pushing for more airline connections, trade and security projects with African nations, including through boosting the role of women on the continent to foster economic growth.

“This is what we call the trade-development nexus. It is not one or the other, it is not silos,” Anand said Thursday in a telephone interview from Abidjan, the economic hub of the Ivory Coast.

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