Strong sector focus key to African development, says Blair

West Africa has a golden opportunity to become a textile powerhouse as countries like China look to move up the value chain, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said in a lecture to the African Development Bank (AfDB).

West African countries could capitalise on high levels of cotton production to become powerhouses of the garment production and the textile industry, Blair said in the lecture.

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