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Liberia: 'Pulling Together' After Ebola & Economic Downturn – Commerce Minister
allAfrica, 17 March 2016
When Axel Addy was tapped by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become Liberia's Minister of Commerce and Industry three years ago, after almost a year as deputy minister, the… Read more »
Liberia's 'Pulling Together' After Ebola - Commerce Minister
Plummeting world commodity prices followed by a completely unanticipated outbreak of Ebola brought the country's economy to a near-standstill. In an AllAfrica interview last month during the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Addis, Commerce Minister Axel Addy outlined the government's efforts to re-ignite growth.
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