The private sector has a critical role to play in reducing Africa’s infrastructure deficit which is militating against its economic growth, the NEPAD Agency said today.
Representatives of African governments, international organisations and development partners are in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, for the 44th Meeting of NEPAD Steering Committee, ahead of the African Union Summit on July 15.
As NEPAD, the blueprint for the continent’s development marks 10 years, UNCTAD convened a panel to reflect on NEPAD’s achievements and challenges in advancing Africa ’s development.
A joint funding grant accord was signed on June 1, between the EAC, the Indian Trust Fund and the NEPAD-Infrastructure Preparation Project Facility, to modernize and improve the railway sector in the East African Community (EAC).
Africa’s decision to have a common voice at the UN Sustainable Development Conference will help advance the continent’s agenda at international conferences, ending past marginalization, the NEPAD Agency has said.
The NEPAD Agency will be aiming to ensure that discussions at Rio+20 Summit, to be held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will reflect its agenda of enhancing Africa's growth, development and its full participation in the global economy.
In commemoration of South Africa’s Youth Day on June 16, the NEPAD Agency hosted some University students to brainstorm on developmental issues confronting Africa.
A two-day Dialogue in the South African coastal city of Durban, between the NEPAD Agency - and its main partners has culminated in a cornerstone agreement on how better to manage and the Agency.
The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa(ECA) will hold a two-day meeting with key stakeholders to discuss ways to work together in the implementation of the NEPAD Programme.