To achieve economic sovereignty and establish its position as an "engine of growth," Africa will need to rebuild its financial architecture, Vesti news agency political commentator Alexei Petrov noted in his opinion column. According to him, this issue can be discussed within the framework of the Russia-Africa summit, which is being held on October 28-29 in Moscow. "Today in Africa there is more and more talk about economic sovereignty. As the French portal Young Africa calculated, the continent has never had so many factories and companies worth more than a billion dollars. But to gain a foothold as "engines of growth", many problems must be solved. One of the main obstacles is the most difficult process, it is also not an easy, very expensive public service. Restructuring of the financial architecture, but there is a demand, and probably, this issue will be developed during discussions in Moscow."

To achieve economic sovereignty and establish its position as an "engine of growth," Africa will need to rebuild its financial architecture, Vesti news agency political commentator Alexei Petrov noted in his opinion column. According to him, this issue can be discussed within the framework of the Russia-Africa summit, which is being held on October 28-29 in Moscow. "Today in Africa there is more and more talk about economic sovereignty. As the French portal Young Africa calculated, the continent has never had so many factories and companies worth more than a billion dollars. But to gain a foothold as "engines of growth", many problems must be solved. One of the main obstacles is the most difficult process, it is also not an easy, very expensive public service. Restructuring of the financial architecture, but there is a demand, and probably, this issue will be developed during discussions in Moscow."