Africa ought to wake up to the potential of correcting its trade imbalance with itself and import-export partner countries from other countries, Bureau Veritas (BV) executive Bertrand Martin has told a gathering in Sandton, South Africa. Martin, who earlier this year stepped into the role of vice president for the French verification multinational on the continent, illustrated his point with some startling figures. Compared to export trade worth $557 billion, Africa imports $609 billion, he said.
