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Grow Africa: An initiative aims at empowering small scale farmers to become commercial farmers

Ministers responsible for agriculture from seven African countries gathered in Dares-Salaam to discuss strategies for development and investment in the sector under a new regional body called - "Grow Africa".

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NEPAD Boost Fisheries Ministry with US$1.4 M

NEPAD in a bid to maintain fishing sanity in Africa, has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Fisheries and Martine Resources, through its special budget program, “West Africa Pilot Project (WAPP)”.

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NEPAD signs Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Fairtrade Africa

Among the objectives of this MoU are: joint resource mobilisation, facilitation of Fairtrade activities in the African wide region, capacity building of producer organizations and support of women in the Fair Trade business.

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“Position South Africa as a regional trans-shipment hub for Sub-Saharan Africa and deliver on NEPAD's regional integration agenda’’

The government of South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure and deliver on NEPAD's regional integration agenda.

“One of the main objectives assigned to NEPAD as the implementing and coordinating agency of the African Union is to contribute to lifting 400 million African people out of poverty...” says NEPAD’s Mayaki

Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki of NEPAD Agency participated at the 38th ARLAC Governing Council Meeting for Ministers and High Level Forum on Accelerating Social Security Services on 6-10 February 2012 – Victoria Falls Town, Zimbabwe.

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Driving intermodal growth

In order to enhance efficiency and port capacity, shipping industry of Africa needs to erase out the current outdated, inefficient ports thereby driving in the need of foreign private sector participation, reports Namrata More.

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NEPAD signs Grant Facility Agreement with Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

This grant of EUR 1,350,000,00 is made available to the NEPAD Agency by the EU-ITF a European donor coordinated fund, through the AFD, towards the financing of the NEPAD ICT broadband infrastructure network.

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Africa Welcomes the Busan Policy Shift from Aid to Development Effectiveness

African Leaders welcomed the relevant outcomes of the Fourth High Level Forum (HLF-4) on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan, Republic of Korea in December 2011 and strategized on the implications for the Continent.

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Cultural shows on the day of the inauguration of the new African union conference complex

Cultural groups from seven African countries entertained the Heads of State and Governments, the invited guests and delegates in the afternoon of the inauguration of the New AUCC,in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Meeting of the minds

“Africa is now proclaimed as the most profitable region,” the South African president said at the meeting, as he presented a report on the impelementation of the Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative.

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