Billionaire apologizes for telling Trump Africa loves him

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe apologized for telling U.S. President Donald Trump that Africa loves him, but warned the growing perception that the continent is anti-America may hamper investment.

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Motsepe’s remarks to Trump at a business dinner during the World Economic Forum in Davos last week sparked a debate among his countrymen who questioned his right to speak on behalf of the continent.

“I have a duty to listen to these differing views and would like to apologize,” Motsepe, the country’s only black billionaire and a brother-in-law of President Cyril Ramaphosa, said in an emailed statement Tuesday. “I do not have the right to speak on behalf of anybody except myself.”

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