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More than 75 people attended the summit, which was held virtually over MS Teams Live. Attendees were invited to join the live discussions by submitting and answering questions through Slido, an interactive polling platform.听

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Watch the recorded 麻豆传媒视频网站 African Partners Summit below:

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