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EU to take positive steps to making international financing architecture representative

Costa says EU is taking positive steps to making international financing

CEO Dialogue aims to elevate Africa’s private-sector voice

The 12th Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dialogue on Southern Africa, organised by The European House, Ambrosetti, concludes north of Johannesburg, South Africa (SA), on Friday.

Africa pays ‘unacceptable’ premium to trade within the continent

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that African countries are paying an “unacceptable” 20% premium to trade with each other compared to trading with nations outside the continent.

Investment from German government helps restore clean water in Ethiopia

Amid rising humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Lalibela-a town famous for its 12th-century rock-hewn churches-has regained access to safe water thanks to the largest solar-powered water project by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Africa