NEPAD CEO, Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, delivers a keynote address at the Oxford Africa Conference on the topic of regional integration. He shares his view of Africa today, outlines the transformative role of the youth as political leaders in future policy design processes and contrasts Tunisia and Mali’s experiences in developing their economies. Dr Mayaki singles out leadership as a shared function throughout society and before a robust Q&A session, ends his address by underscoring the importance of development corridors in regional integration and encouraging the youth to innovate towards genuine economic development.
Source: Oxford Africa Conference
The 2017 Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Live is Africa’s premier infrastructure investment summit, which attracted over 600 leading thinkers from government, academia, business and finance to Lagos in May 2016; fuelling debate on the opportunities and challenges of investing in Africa’s infrastructure. An overview of the summit providing ground-breaking views from speakers engaged in discussions relating to project development best practices, policy and technical outlooks and the role of governments, NEPAD and development finance institutions in bridging the enormous financing gap for the continent.
Source: CNBC Africa
La première session ordinaire du Comité Technique Spécialisé (CTS) de l’Union Africaine débutée le 13 mars dernier sur le transport, les infrastructures transcontinentales et interrégionales, l’énergie et le tourisme a pris fin ce vendredi 17 mars 2017 à Lomé avec la réunion ministérielle ouverte par le premier ministre togolais Komi Sélom KLASSOU. Bonne nouvelle pour le Togo, pays hôte de cette session, il prend la tête du Comité Technique Spécialisé à l’issue de l’élection du bureau pour 2 ans.
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The first ordinary session of the African Union’s Specialized Technical Committee (STC), on transport, transcontinental and interregional infrastructures, energy and tourism which began on 13 March ended on Friday 17 March 2017 in Lomé Togo. The Ministerial segment was opened by Togolese Prime Minister Mr. Komi Sélom KLASSOU. As the host country of this meeting, Togo was elected to head The Specialized Technical Committee for the coming 2 years.
Source: Eco Conscience TV
Africa’s infrastructural development has been identified as being central to boosting economic growth & creating jobs. And this discussion topped the agenda on the sidelines of the just concluded 10th Annual Africa Development Week in Dakar, Senegal. The African continent however faces a gaping infrastructure financing deficit, and it will need to work with development partners to fast track its economic growth. This meeting comes just ahead of the One Belt One Road Initiative summit to be held in Beijing, China, where Africa is expected to feature in the discussions. This week Talk Africa engages some of the continents’ leading minds in trying to find a solution to the infrastructural funding gap.
Source: CGTN Africa
The 2017 edition of the African Development Week presents an opportunity for the United Nations and African Union to dialogue on ways of advancing Africa’s development agenda. On this Highlights special we discuss integration, a single currency and using land to unlock economic growth.
Source: CNBCAfrica
African countries were on a drive to boost infrastructure and road networks on the continent in 2016. Ethiopia made huge strides this year with the inauguration of a new railway line, linking the capital, Addis Ababa with Djibouti in October. The 750 kilometer line was built at a cost of 4 billion US dollars with help from China. The country wants to have 5,000 kilometers of new rail lines by 2020 to boost the economy by improving transport.
Source: africanews
