our africa business correspondent jewel kireeungi has more. one of the key things that will be discussed at these meetings is the issue of debt. a majority of countries in africa are facing significant financial challenges and they will be discussing how to alleviate some of these debt scenarios that they have been seen playing out. issues such as global economic issues have had a direct impact on african economies. we've seen global high interest rates being translated into the loans that african countries are taking from these countries. we have seen issues such as the covid—19 pandemic still having ripple effects in many economies across africa. so, it's a myriad of challenges, both at the global economic level as well as individual country—specific issues. in other news... elon musk�*s ai startup xai is now being valued at $24 billion dollars after raising another $6 billion from investors. xai says the funding — from silicon valley investors including sequoia capital — will be used to take its first products to market, build adv