Asia, Africa set for closer ties, says Grace Fu
Foreign direct investment and trade between the two regions jumped from US2.8b in 1990 to US$270b in 2012
Lee U-Wen
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Jakarta
ASIA and Africa, the world's two fastest growth nodes, are poised for closer cooperation and dialogue in the next decade, said Singapore's Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu in the Indonesian capital on Monday.
On its part, Singapore will continue to push for closer cooperation between countries in the two regions, at a time when globalisation has brought the continents and their people closer together.
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