Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Speaking at the opening of the meeting held at TOBB Plaza in Istanbul, TOBB Vice Chairman of the Board Mete noted that the trade between Africa and Turkey has increased three times in the last 10 years. “Our trade has reached 17 billion USD a year,” Mete said, “In infrastructure investment, our contractors have fulfilled hundreds of contracts in African cities such as roads, buildings, airports, power lines, industrial facilities. We have completed more than 200 projects in Africa, amounting close to 60 billion USD. We now want to make another foray to Africa in the future.”