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Scotland’s Trade Bodies Joins Theresa May’s Delegation To Africa

Moses Adeyemi by Moses Adeyemi
August 27, 2018
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One of Scotland’s leading trade bodies is set to form part of the delegation accompanying Prime Minister Theresa May on her first official visit to Africa, it has been announced.

The Scotch Whisky Association has been chosen as one of 29 representatives to showcase the best of UK business for the visit to South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya later this month.

It comes after exports of Scotland’s national drink to the continent rose by 13 per cent over the past year, with the association reporting “a hundred bottles every minute” are shipped to South Africa alone. Karen Betts, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, said: “I’m delighted to be able to join the Prime Minister on this trade delegation to Africa.
The visit is designed to strengthen ties and promote trade links between Britain and Africa ahead of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and will mark the first time a British Prime Minister has visited the continent since 2013.

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In that time other world leaders, including the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron, have made repeated visits to Africa, while Japan now has more embassies in the continent than Britain.
Additionally, the UK has no embassy presence in 16 African nations, however two new diplomatic posts in Lesotho and eSwaniti previously known as Swaziland were announced by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson in April.

A government spokeswoman said the Prime Minister will “set out how new partnerships between the UK and Africa can add value to the UK economy, create new market opportunities for British businesses and boost jobs and prosperity for the benefit of all” during the visit.

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