We are going to Africa to ‘get rich’, is good for business... Trump tells Buhari, others @UN meeting

US President Donald Trump hailed Africa’s business potential, telling several leaders of African nations he has many friends going there to “get rich.”

Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted some selected African Heads of States to a Lunch at the sidelines of 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

At the lunch with the leaders amid the UN General Assembly, Trump mused about the vast continent’s opportunities and challenges.

“Africa has tremendous business potential,” he said. “I have so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They’re spending a lot of money,” he said.

“For American firms, it’s really a place that they have to go”.

Trump announced that he was dispatching US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to Africa “to discuss avenues of conflict and resolution and, most importantly, prevention.”

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari were among the leaders at the lunch.