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Africa: UK-Africa Trade and Investment - Who Benefits?
The Conversation Africa, 23 January 2020
There has been much hype about a major Africa investment summit being hosted by the UK. Attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and an array of royals, a great deal of hopeful… Read more »
Africa Turns Attention to Life After Brexit at UK-Africa Summit
While UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for Britain to be the "investment partner of choice" for Africa at the first UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London, African leaders have their eye on the best possible diplomatic and trade deals they can muster for their countries.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking at the opening of the UK-Africa Investment Summit, in London, January 20, 2020.
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Nigeria: Investment Summit - Govt, UK Sign Commercial Deals Worth U.S.$423 Million
Premium Times, 21 January 2020
The British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, on Tuesday said the UK-Africa Investment Summit has launched a new partnership for growth in Nigeria. Read more »
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Africa: UK Budgets £127 Million to Support Nigeria, Other African Countries
Premium Times, 21 January 2020
The UK has recently announced its commitment to support Nigeria and other African countries with about £127 million. Read more »
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Africa: 'Let Us In!' Women Entrepreneurs Implore Investors At UK Business Event
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 20 January 2020
Female entrepreneurs from African countries say they need to benefit from the same opportunities as men for their continent's ambitious development goals to be realised Read more »
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Africa: Boris Johnson Seeks to Woo Continent's Leaders in Run-Up to Brexit
DW, 20 January 2020
The UK has amped up its pitch for post-Brexit trade with Africa at the UK-Africa Investment Summit. DW examines whether it will have the same economic presence on the continent as… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Ready for Trade - Kagame
New Times, 21 January 2020
Rwanda and African countries are ready to engage in intra-Africa trade President Paul Kagame. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Meets UK Prime Minister, Discusses Diplomatic Relations
Premium Times, 20 January 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, at the UK-Africa Investment Summit, a statement published on the Uk government website on Monday… Read more »
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Nigeria: Brexit - We Want New Deal With UK - Buhari
Daily Trust, 20 January 2020
President Muhammadu says Nigeria wants a new settlement that not only brings closer relations but also unleashes trade within the commonwealth with the United Kingdom as her exit… Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni's Beef Welcome in Post-Brexit Britain - PM Boris
Observer, 21 January 2020
The UK-Africa Investment Summit opened today in London, UK where a number of trade agreements worth and commitments in turbo-charge infrastructure financing and clean energy… Read more »
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Africa: Malawi to Seize Golden Chance As UK-Africa Investment Summit Gets Underway
Nyasa Times, 20 January 2020
President Peter Mutharika on Monday led a delegation of Malawian leaders and businesspeople to the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London open by British Prime Prime Minister Boris… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda to Pitch at UK-Africa Investment Summit
New Times, 19 January 2020
Rwanda will seek to attract more investors to its economy at the UK-Africa investment summit that will take place on January 20 in London, United Kingdom. Read more »
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South Africa: What 'Getting Brexit Done' Means Generally and for South Africa
Daily Maverick, 5 January 2020
South Africa has an interest in ensuring that Brexit doesn't cause much disruption in its major export markets, or to its main source of foreign direct investment. But a raft of… Read more »
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South Africa: Brexit Risks to SA Agriculture Are Now Minimal, but Not Eliminated
Daily Maverick, 21 October 2019
As Brexit unfolds without a clear and predictable outcome, the question is, what are the implications of various possible outcomes for South Africa and the region's agriculture… Read more »
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South Africa and its neighbouring countries' failure to secure a post-Brexit free trade agreement with the United Kingdom means that it will be too late for Parliament to ratify ... Read more »
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Smart policies and diplomacy could allow Britain to capitalise on the indifferent economic attitude the rest of the Western world has towards Africa. And African countries with ... Read more »
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This on going debate has only focused on the economic impact of Brexit without taking the social and political impact Brexit will have on Uganda and vice versa, writes Macgyver ... Read more »
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The Central Bank of Kenya governor says central bank governors from around the world have pledged to cooperate closely and take the necessary action to ensure the orderly ... Read more »
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Brexit will have profound consequences for the UK's status as a financial centre and gateway to the EU, for its trading relations with the world, and for its global influence, ... Read more »
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The country will be among those hardest hit when Britain starts renegotiating more than 100 trade deals it has under the 28-member European Union, the Kenya Institute for Public ... Read more »
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A transition agreement, when the UK leaves the European Union, will ensure that Kenyan flower sellers, for instance, continue to access the UK markets. Under the EU, Kenya accessed ... Read more »
