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Africa: Uncertain Times Call for Smart Moves – The Promise of Agro-Alliance
UNECA, 2 December 2016
The year 2016 is coming to an end with an air of great uncertainty. At the global level, many are left with questions over Brexit and the US elections. At home, many of our… Read more »
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)
Uncertain Times Call for Smart Moves – Promise of Agro-Alliance
In a new article, Abdalla Hamdok, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), addresses the air of great uncertainty at the global level, which has left many with questions in the aftermath of Brexit and the US elections. At "the ECA, we are ... forging ahead with big ideas, such as reinvigorating the role of the state and the development planning imperative, enhancing inter-African trade and building on the opportunities presented by the Continental Free Trade Area, whose negotiations are well underway." Read more. More about the ECA in this BRIEFING.
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"Brexit does not mean that the British government will turn its back on Africa," said Lord Paul Boateng, a Member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. He was speaking at th Read more »
