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Event in Africa

  • President Bashir arrives to Kinshasa for COMESA summit

    CONGO KINSHASA, 2014/02/27 President Bashir arrives to Kinshasa for COMESA summit - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir flew to Kinshasa, DR Congo, on Tuesday at the chief of a high level delegation to take part in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit conference. The Sudanese president was received at the airport by the DR Congo Prime minister, Tata Boya. Some members of the Sudanese delegation are foreign Minister, Ali Karti and Presidential Affairs Minister, Salah Wanisi, the Sudan News Agency reported.
  • Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Africa’s major companies are set to converge on Geneva,

    SWITZERLAND, 2014/02/25 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Africa’s major companies are set to converge on Geneva, Switzerland, for the second CEO Forum 17- 19 March to brainstorm on corporate increase strategies for the continent businesses, local media statement said Monday. The statement said the forum, organised by the Groupe Jeune Afrique in conjunction with the African Development Bank, is expected to attract additional than 400 CEO’s from across the continent, inclunding bankers, investors, financiers, inclunding prominent African and international figures. ‘’Specialists in banking, capital investment and financial markets and representatives of international financial institutions will be at the Africa CEO Forum 2014 to keep abreast of the trends and developments in the African business model,'’ the statement quoted the organisers as saying.
  • The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)

    CASABLANCA, 2014/02/21 The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) will be the official sponsor of the 7th edition of the Afro-Arab Trade equitable, to be held 19-23 March, 2014, in Casablanca, Morocco, the bank has said. BADEA said its sponsorship is in recognition of the importance of such events in strengthening economic cooperation and Afro-Arab solidarity, in addition to identifying new investment opportunities and promoting the Arab and Arab-African investment . Unlike the previous editions, the forthcoming Trade equitable will be devoted to the health sector, specifically towards promoting cooperation between African and Arab nations in the area of health and development.
  • ICAO Forum on Moroccan Travel and Tourism Potential

    CANADA, 2014/02/15 The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) welcomed ministers and senior officials from Quebec, Morocco and other ICAO Member States before this month for a incomparable High-Level Economic Forum on Morocco's growing potential as a travel and tourism hub. Based on the theme of: "Morocco: An Engine for Regional and Continental Development", the appropriate one-day event was organized by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco with assistance by the North African National's Canadian Embassy. High-level dignitaries present included Lahcen Haddad, Minister of Tourism for Morocco, Nouzha Chekrouni, Morocco's Ambassador to Canada, Pascal Bérubé, Quebec Minister of Tourism, and Raymond Benjamin, ICAO Secretary General. As well in attendance were Ben Harouna Ibrahim, Burkina Faso's Ambassador to Canada, Ambassador Goutondji Comlan Pamphile of the Republic of Benin, Ambassador Nancy N'diaye Ngom of Senegal and Ambassador Traore Ami Diallo of Mali.
  • Equatorial Guinea commits to a co-investment fund US $1 billion

    EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 2014/02/07 At the opening of “Emerging Equatorial Guinea” (http://www.emergingeg.com), the 2 days Symposium on the country economic diversification, the Equatoguinean government announced that it has committed to support foreign investments by allocating a Co-Investment Fund (CIF) of 500 Billion Francs CFA (eq. US $1 Billion).     “This Co-Investment Fund allocation testifies of the country’s commitment to lay the bases for economic diversification to ensure sustainable growth and to create more jobs in our country. We have been blessed by an incredible oil wealth, which we aim to use to build the foundations of an emerging country, via a strong plan for economic diversification and industrialization plan”, explains Marcelino Owono Edu, Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Finance and Budgets.
  • Forum in sub-Saharan Africa, tagged 'Build Africa', in Brazzaville, Congo,

    CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, 2014/02/06 Additional than 600 participants are expected to attend the initial business and investment forum in sub-Saharan Africa, tagged 'Build Africa', due to start Thursday in Brazzaville, Congo, to discuss and find ways of ending the continent's infrastructure problem, Congolese government spokesman Bienvenu Okiemy said.
  • 2013 summit in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.

    AFRICA, 2014/02/06 The seven new Commissioners of the ECOWAS Commission have assumed business, the Commission said in a statement Wednesday. On Monday, the Commissioners inclunding the Financial Controller for the Community were introduced to the staff and management at a brief ceremony presided over by Commission President Kadre Ouedraogo. Six of the Commissioners will chief the newly-created structures that will see the Commission expanded from 9 to 15 members, following the decision of regional leaders during their 2013 summit in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.
  • Morocco rules out return to AU

    MOROCCO, 2014/02/01 Morocco has ruled out any plan to return to the African Union (AU) until the continental body withdraws its 1984 recognition for the independence of Western Sahara. According to Morocco’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mbarka Bouaida, as long as the AU position remains unchanged on the matter, the country will as well be steadfast not to return to the organisation. “The reasons which led to Morocco’s departure are still there and intact, notably the recognition extended to Polisario Front, so there is no way for the country to consider returning to AU as an organisation,” Mrs Bouaida said in an interview with PANA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday.
  • The Cameroonian president, Paul Biya

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  • President Goodluck Jonathan, said Wednesday in Davos

    NIGERIA, 2014/01/24 Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, said Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, that African governments must accord the highest possible priority to promoting inclusive economic increase on the continent to avoid problems associated with poverty and financial equality. Speaking during a televised debate at the World Economic Forum, President Jonathan said that his government was by presently doing a lot to enhance inclusive increase in Nigeria through policies and programmes that focus on wealth creation rather than poverty alleviation, according to a press statement from Dr. Reuben Abati, the president's Appropriate Adviser on Media and Publicity.