Saturday, June 20, 2009
(PANA)--The East African Community (EAC) has kicked off a series of public sittings to solicit views on the touchy trade issues ahead of the signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
(PANA)--Rounding off a one-day meeting, ministers of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) responsible for coordinating ongoing negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) have urged regional negotiators to secure unequivocal commitment from the European Commission and EU member states to contribute to the funding of a development programme to ameliorate the effects of the agreement on West Africa.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
(PANA)--The head of division of economic policies and research at the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Abdallah Msa has said the creation of the African Investment Bank (AIB) will be used to fill the real needs of funding in Africa evaluated between $54 to $100 billion for the next seven years.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
(IRIN)--A plan by the Africa Commission to side-step African governments and target the private sector to invigorate the continent’s business and agricultural capacity, thereby stimulating job creation, was launched in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, on 6 May.
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