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  • Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahla

    EGYPT, 2014/10/31 Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited the embassy of Equatorial Guinea to take part in celebrations marking the Equatorial Guinea's 46th national day. The premier's visit came at an invitation by Equatorial Guinea's ambassador in Cairo during a conference on Saturday.

  • Initiative for Global Development

    UNITED STATES, 2014/10/19 The Initiative for World Improvment(IGD), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., will convene its Frontier 100 Forum in New York City on October 21st-22nd, 2014. The two-day invitation-only event, Africa: Innovative Investing in Emerging Markets, will convene corporate leaders from around the world to discuss opportunities and address challenges to investment in Africa. Each year, IGD hosts two forums, one preceding the World Economic Forum in Africa and one in New York City. The 2014 Africa Frontier 100 was held in Abuja, in recognition of Nigeria realigning its economy to become the number one economy on the continent. Participants included the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and other business executives from Africa, inclunding the CEOs of Africa Finance Corporation and Computer Warehouse Group, and senior executive representatives from PwC and Accenture, part a lot of others.

  • Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has paid a visit to Ismailia

    EGYPT, 2014/10/09 Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has paid a visit on Tuesday 7/10/2014 to Ismailia to follow up the ongoing work at the new Suez Canal project and congratulated the workers on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Upon his arrival, Mahlab held a conference with Suez Canal Authority Chief Mohab Mamish and a number of officials, inclunding Ismailia Governor Ahmed el-Qassas, Chief of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Major General Emad el-Alfy and Chief of Staff of the Engineering Authority Kamel el-Wazir, to get acquainted with the new developments in the project and the work plan scheduled to be implemented during the coming period.

  • Ban Ki-Moon Expected, Friday in Tunis

    TUNISIA, 2014/10/09 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected Friday in Tunis, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric said, Wednesday. Mr. Ban will be in Tunisia "to express the support of the international community and the UN to Tunisia's transition process," Dujarric told the media. Ban Ki-moon is to meet with President Moncef Marzouki, Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa and Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi.

  • Africa is open for business. This was the unanimous message from business and government leaders attending the World Export Development Forum (WEDF)

    RWANDA, 2014/09/19 Africa is open for business. This was the unanimous message from business and government leaders attending the World Export Development Forum (WEDF), in Kigali, Rwanda. The flagship event of the International Trade Centre (ITC), which was held in Africa for the initial time, demonstrated that the continent is committed to trade-led development and places the rights of people - particularly women - at the heart of its next. Speaking at the closing session of WEDF, ITC Executive Director Arancha González said that the three-day conference reflected the reality of world trade. "We have seen the dynamism and synergies of South-South partners at this WEDF, inclunding from China, India, Brazil and Turkey who have been here to talk business and do business with Africa. This reflects the reality of trade today. South-South trade represents a rapidly growing share of world trade," she said.

  • The Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongi Hamdi,

    SPAIN, 2014/09/17 The Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongi Hamdi, will attend an international conference on “stability and development in Libya and in North Africa”, scheduled for Wednesday in the Spanish capital, Madrid, according to a communiqué from the department. The communique, issued here Monday, said that the conference will be held within the framework of the interest of neighbouring nations and the region on the security and economic challenges facing Libya and their consequences on the stability and development of the nations of the region.

  • UNWTO/ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa is Postponed

    AFRICA, 2014/09/13 A communique issued jointly by Marcia Favilla, the UNWTO Executive Director, Operational Programs and Institutional Relations, and Boubacar Djibo, the ICAO Director Air Transport Bureau, has confirmed that the historic UNWTO/ICAO conference for Tourism and for Transport Ministers that was to be held in the Seychelles from October 13-15, 2014 has been postponed. The communique spells out as follows: "On behalf of the Government of Seychelles, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO),and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), we would like to inform you that the UNWTO/ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa, planned to be held in Seychelles, from 13 to 15 October 2014, has presently been rescheduled to 22·24 April 2015, in the framework of the Regional Commission for Africa, the annual ministerial conference of UNWTO African Member States."

  • A conference of the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2014/08/20 A conference of the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, to be hosted by Brand South Africa in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, will discuss Africa's competitiveness and ways of boosting intra-African trade. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mzwandile Masina will address the forum, whose members include such heavyweights as Stanbic IBTC Bank, Honeywell Group, Philips Consulting, Old Mutual, Initial Bank, South African Airways, Southern Sun, MTN, Multichoice, SABMiller and Unilever.

  • Terrorism and Security Require a Global Response - Mauritanian President

    MAURITANIA, 2014/08/06 Washington, DC — Security threats - which have continued for additional than a decade, despite their recent decline - remind us that the fight against terrorism and organized crime requires constant vigilance. The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit is an opportunity for Africa and the United States to discuss this issue collectively and acknowledge and deepen American engagement. Recent events from Mali to Sudan, Libya to Nigeria and Kenya to Somalia indicate that this must be addressed as a world issue if the threats are to be sustainably contained and overcome. We are at a historical crossroads in Africa if we want to fasten peace and stability for the next generation.

  • U.S. -Africa Leaders Summit to be held in Washington on August 4-6,

    CAMEROON, 2014/08/06 Discussion, between Initial Ladies in Washington will tomorrow focus on health, education and investing in women amongst other things. Cameroon's Initial Lady, Mrs Chantal Biya will tomorrow, August 6, 2014 during her remain in the United States Capital, Washington DC begin discussing subjects that are of great concern to her. As part of the historic three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the Office of the Initial Lady of the United States, the George W. Bush Institute and the U.S. Department of National will be hosting a US-Africa Spouse Summit with focus on the impact of investments in education, health, women and public-private partnerships. The gathering is built on the Bush Institute's 2013 African Initial Ladies Summit, on the theme "Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa."
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