Izuchukwu OkosiUnited States Vice President Kamala Harris on the second day of her Ghana visit on Tuesday stressed the need for a US and African partnership that is propelled by African innovation.
The Vice President delivered her speech from Independence Square, where thousands of people gathered, waving US and Ghanaian flags.
The American number two citizen is in the first leg of her African visit to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia this week.
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Ms. Harris highlighted the continent’s innovation in emergency healthcare supplies, vaccines, farming, and mineral processing and reiterated that America hopes to be partner in progress noting the examplary works and creative development in countries like South Africa and Nigeria.
“We must invest in the African ingenuity and creativity, which will unlock incredible economic growth and opportunities,” Harris noted.
Harris who also supported Ghana’s drive on debt relief and economic development further said:
“We are all in because there are longstanding ties between our people,
“We have an intertwined history, some of which is painful and some of which is prideful and all of which we must acknowledge, teach and never forget.
Her schedule Tuesday includes a visit to Cape Coast Castle, a place where enslaved Africans were once crowded onto overloaded, unsanitary ships headed on the long, dangerous ocean journey to the Americas.
“I am more optimistic than I have ever been about the future and the future of the continent of Africa and, by extension, the world, not only because of the work we undertake in government, not only because of the investments in the private sector
“I am optimistic about the future of the world because of you, the woman who will shatter every glass ceiling.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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