Tag: Development finance

Preparing a pipeline of bankable sustainable infrastructure projects is vital, participants of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week heard as it opened...

The 2017 PIDA Week will be held from 10 to 14 December in Swakopmund, Namibia under the theme “Enhancing Trade and Economic Transformation through Regional Infrastructure Develop...

Anthony Carroll: Forging a new era in US-South African relations (Africa Center, Atlantic Council) This report assesses the potential role of the US in assuring South Africa’s p...

The 5th African Union-European Union (AU-EU) Summit took place in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire, on 29-30 November 2017 under the overarching theme “Investing in Youth for a Sustaina...

As the most vulnerable countries continue to face serious development challenges, South-South cooperation offers enormous opportunities and potential to effectively support them in...

Ahead of the fifth African Union-European Union summit taking place in in Abidjan this week the European Investment Bank (EIB) has formally agreed financing to support more than EU...

The secret of the wealth of nations is clear: developed nations add value to everything they produce, while poor nations export raw materials. Africa must quit being at the bo...

Featured tweet, @UNCTADKituyi: Regional integration initiatives must be recast in light of sluggish global recovery, rising nativism, imperatives of sustainability and the dynamic...

After “years of indifference” and one of the biggest waves of migration to ever hit Europe, Africa now tops the political agenda. That means a new strategy has to be found, acc...

On Friday, upon invitation from the U.S. State Department, Tony O. Elumelu spoke at the U.S. – Africa Ministerial Session on Increasing Trade and Investment in Washington, D...

Underway, in Yaoundé: 9th AU Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs meetings (13-17 November) Mr Nadir, head of the AUC’s Trade Division, underscored the dire need to ad...

Member countries of African Union (AU), have been urged to tackle the various political, economic and social problems especially poverty plaguing their countries by creating enviro...

Second Progress Report on the Implementation of the Africa Climate Business Plan This report provides an overview of the progress made in 2017 in implementing the Africa Climate B...

Government, private sector, multilaterals, and development partners gather in Cape Town as this topic takes center stage globally Infrastructure is hard to get right – across th...

We know the story all too well: Africa needs to scale up private investment – rapidly. We also know the numbers. The continent will require some $100 billion in new infrast...

Speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at Wits University – Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 October 2017 I am thrilled to be here at these historic grounds and i...

Relations between the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) reached a nadir in 2016 following serious disagreements over European payments to AU peacekeepers in Somalia. The f...

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa’s (ICA) latest annual report, Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa 2016, shows that commitments to Africa’s infrastructure develop...

Updated World Bank macro poverty outlook reports: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe AU’s STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning ...

Ministers of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development held their ninety-eighth meeting in Washington D.C. on October 12, 2017 wi...