Foreign leaders' remarks at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

The African continent is in high demand of sustainable and dignified development. And through BRI investments, many jobs have been created and livelihoods improved, and road and railway projects are linking previously unconnected places.

The principle of connectivity in the BRI has also offered African countries alternative sources of capital, technology and skills needed for our modernization agenda.