Partnership for Growth and Development Conference
On 1 November 2006 the EU-Africa Programme held an all-day conference that looked at, among others, the EU’s adoption of the Africa Strategy in 2005, and the decision in May 2006 to work with the AU to develop a joint EU-Africa strategy, which has energised the cooperation between the two bodies in developing strong partnerships.
EU & Africa Country Reports (2006)
The EU and Africa Country Report series, compiled in 2006, offers an historical overview of certain EU member states’ policies towards Africa.
Lessons from South Africa
To better manage public-private partnerships, the South African government set up a dedicated unit to control major deals in the national Treasury. eAfrica spoke to its director of business development, Kogan Pillay.
Aid for trade
Event materials:
Comment: An Industry View – Get Realistic On Tenders
PUBLIC-Private Partnerships have become a buzzword, but the current PPP model can never provide a rapid cure for Africa’s development needs.
SADC integration and trade in services
Event materials:
EDITORIAL: Making Partnerships Work for Africa
EXACTLY how should business relate to government? For much of the last half century the relationship has been rocky in Africa.
A Struggle to the Finish for Smaller Projects
Emily Tyler, who handles climate project transactions for SouthSouthNorth, a development organisation specialising in CDM projects with headquarters in Cape Town, says that the market structure of the CDM, combined with the current low price of carbon, makes it difficult for smaller sustainable development projects to attract funding.
Facing the Challenges of Democratic Reform in Africa
The western democracy is not always ideal for Africa and it’s time the continent explored participatory democracy that is rooted in culture and traditions, argues Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings in this abridged speech he gave while in South Africa recently.
EDITORIAL: Corruption and the Risks of Revolution
Karl Marx got many things wrong, but he was astute on one point. The deep poverty and brash disregard for the poor in industrialising 19th century Europe were the kindling needed to fire revolution.