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ETHIOPIA
 Fiera Ethio – Con.2014 (11˚ Salone Internazionale Delle Costruzioni) ........................................3
 PM Hailemariam Meets Us Secretary Of State John Kerry.............................................................4
 Middle East Compa nies Run Over $1bn Worth Projects In Ethiopia .............................................5
 Ethiopia : New A ir Transport Policy For Ethiopia In The Near Future ............................................6
 Ethiopia : A astu To Enroll Students In Footwear Engineering........................................................7
 Ethiopia Se cured U.S $ 245 Million From Horticulture Export .......................................................8
 Ethiopia : Berwaqo To Export Camel Milk ........................................................................................9
 Ethiopia : A mb Berhane - A gricultural Policies Propelling Green Development ......................... 10
SOUTH SUDA N
 South Suda n: Iga d Mediators Urge Rebels To Rejoin Ne gotiating Table................................... 12
DJIBOUTI
 Djibouti, Unicef Officials Meet To Discuss Child A nd Maternal Health Strategies ..................... 13
A FRICA
 World Bank Pledges $5bln To Six A frican Countries ................................................................... 14
 Jobs, Education, Security Top For Africans: Poll.......................................................................... 15
 Vertice Usa-A frica: Il Ritorno Di Washington Nel Contine nte?................................................... 17
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FIERA ETHIO – CON.2014 (11˚ SALONE INTER NAZIONALE DELLE COSTRUZIONI)
3
PM HAILEMARIAM MEETS US SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERR Y
Prime Minister Hailemariam
He
United
inv est in Ethiopia and tak e
Desalegn
met
US
States had committed some
adv antage of its peace and
Secretary
of
John
US$800 million to assist in such
stability ,
Kerry on the sidelines of
areas
economic
inv estment to tak e place in the
the
dev elopment,
education,
region, and the adv antages
US
with
State
A frica
Leaders
Summit, on Tuesday.
noted
that
the
as
capacity building, health, and
a
prerequisite
for
Ethiopia had to offer.
other sectors.
(06.08.2014 – WIC)
The
The
also
emphasized that Ethiopia was
Secretary Kerry welcomed the
described the relationship as
work ing on continental and
Prime Minister whom, he said,
“strong and productiv e”, and
global issues lik e the climate
had
said the US was “v ery , v ery
change
issues.
“enormously
of
Minister
State
been
Secretary
Prime
engaged with us on
many
grateful for
different issues”
as a
most of all at a difficult time in
and
regional leader.
[its]
leadership
some difficult places.”
and
food
security
He noted that the impact of
climate
change
on
the
He referred to Ethiopia’s v ery
The Prime Minister said he
continent and specifically on
important help to try to mov e
believ ed
the Horn of Africa was an issue
the process in
between
Sudan
and
South Sudan forward and said
the
relationship
Ethiopia
and
the
on
which
“we
hav e
to
United States was deepening.
cooperate.”
bringing countries together to
He said Ethiopia was work ing
He noted Ethiopia was work ing
try effect a ceasefire and mov e
v ery hard to pacify the region
v ery hard to fight terrorism and
the parties into negotiations.
as peace and security were the
extremism, an important issue
basis for all engagements and
for ev erybody , and he thank ed
He also said Ethiopia had been
economic dev elopment and the
Secretary
a k ey factor for the US in
pillars of cooperation.
leadership in all these areas,
Ethiopia had been a leader in
respect to the transition tak ing
Kerry
for
his
underlining that Ethiopia was
place in Somalia, for which the
He also noted both the US and
k een
US was v ery grateful.
Ethiopia were work ing hard to
closely with the US on these
encourage
issues. (MoFA)
US
inv estors
to
to
continue to
work
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ETHIOPIA
MIDDLE EAST COMPANIES RUN OVER $1BN WORTH PROJECTS IN ETHIOPIA
Middle East compa nies are
which hav e 29 and 23 projects
major
running
179
respectiv ely .
upper reaches of the Nile Riv er,
projects
worth
billion
in
investment
over
Ethiopia,
Ethiopia n
$1
dam project on
which
represents
the
According to Negash, Ethiopia,
primary water source.
Investment
giv en its geographical location,
Ethiopia
has
necessary
A gency said Tuesday.
(06.08.2014 – WIC)
alway s
had
economic,
say s
the
for
its
the
Egypt's
dam
is
national
cultural and commercial ties to
dev elopment plans. It insists
the Middle East.
the
project
won't
impact
Egy pt's traditional share of Nile
In
statements
Anadolu
He said that African countries
water, which has long been
communication
as Sudan, Egy pt, South Africa
determined by a colonial-era
director Getahun Negash said
and Nigeria hav e inv estments
water-sharing treaty that Addis
the projects are being carried
in Ethiopia.
Ababa
out
"The
Agency ,
in
to
different
fields
as
Sudanese
hav e
the
has
nev er
acknowledged.
manufacturing, agriculture, real
largest inv estment in Ethiopia
Negash said that Ethiopia has
estate and machinery .
compared
strong cultural ties with Arab
"Some 80 of the total projects
countries," he said.
countries.
are in the manufacturing sector
Cultural ties
"Ethiopia is one of the African
as the gov ernment giv es prime
Negash
attention
changes
to
other
drastic
countries, which hav e close
Egy ptian
cultures with the Arab world
Negash said.
inv estments in Ethiopia due to
and this can be mentioned as
"Second to manufacturing is
tension
two
part of the factors that attract
the agriculture sector, which
countries ov er a controv ersial
inv estors from Arab countries,"
supplies
Ethiopian dam on the Nile.
he said.
to
the
inputs
sector,"
to
the
denied
African
any
in
between
the
manufacturing sector. Some 35
"Cheap labor and incentiv es
of the total projects are in the
"We do not mix politics with
are
agriculture sector," he said.
inv estment. We treat Egy ptian
prev ailing peace and stability ,
inv estors the same way we
geographical location, bilateral
giv e serv ice to others," he said.
cooperation
Negash said Saudi Arabia has
the lion's share of the Middle
also
motiv ational.
signed
The
with
different countries as well as
Eastern inv estment projects in
In recent y ears, tension has
the existing sound inv estment
Ethiopia
marred
policy helped the country to
with
86
projects,
followed by Yemen and Egy pt,
relations
between
Ethiopia and Egypt ov er the
attract
former's
said.
construction
of
a
more
inv estors,"
he
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ETHIOPIA: NEW AIR TRANSPORT POLICY FOR ETHIOPIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Ethiopia n
Civil
A viation
The
Director
He furthered, his Authority has
the
licensed three companies to
Av iation
empower the competitiv eness
noted,
it will in the near future
International
make
Organization’s decision, there
and
activ ities being tak en in order
av iation industry . The Authority
to set the African Civ il Av iation
has also issued license to eight
Professionals Association Office
existing
in Addis Ababa.
operators.
General, Colonel Weseny eleh
The Association will enhance
In the just ended fiscal y ear
Hunegnaw, noted
the
Ethiopia’s
new A ir Transport Policy.
(06.08.2014 – WIC)
The
Authority ’s
line
also
A uthority (ECAA) disclosed
official
in
General
with
Civ il
effectiv eness
local
and
the
new
production
ECAA managed to earn 148
the
av iation
Million Birr from ov er flight and
av iation
industry as well coordinate the
nav igation
prov ide
av iation
Director General said.
also
for
sk illed
Ethiopia
and
foreign
of
manpower
security
the
Director
policy is going to help the
ensure
of
academies
of
the
efficient and up to standard air
African continent, Weseny eleh
transport.
said.
serv ices,
the
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ETHIOPIA: AASTU TO ENROLL STUDENTS IN FOOTWEAR ENGINEER ING
A ddis A baba Science and
in
Technology
institutions.
based on the experiences of
(AA STU) is going to start
The program is going to be a
Indian Univ ersities.
offering
new
fiv e y ears program out of
program,
which the two y ears will be
Graduates of the program will
Footwear
Engineering,
spent on theoretical studies
be equipped with the sk ills to
beginning
from
and
practical
manufacture finished and v alue
2014/2015 academic year.
training. On the first round the
added leather products, such
The
Institute is going to accept 25
as shoes, glov es and garment
students.
products.
University
a
undergraduate
the
curriculum
is
developed by the Leather
Industries
the
higher
rest
learning
on
Development
Institute (LIDI).
(06.08.2014 – 2Merkato)
According
other
to Fortune Addis
Dev elopment Institute (FDDI)
Currently the Institute has 32
Howev er, Wondu noted, “fter
masters and six PhD holders in
we see the results, we will
footwear engineering.
reduce the theoretical period to
According to the Corporation
one
Communication Director at the
y ear
and
mak e
the
practical lessons four y ears”.
Institute,
Ababa Univ ersity Institute of
“We will also
AASTU
Technology
capacity ,” he added.
(AAIT)
currently
approv ed
the
curriculum three week s ago.
The
in
The
program is going to tak e place
training will hav e a big impact
program includes tanning and
in the premises of LIDI using
on the sector, prov iding more
crusting raw leather.
the equipment at the Institute.
experts in the manufacturing
Wondu
processing.
Legesse,
part
Serjabo,
has an undergraduate program
leather
practice
increase our
B erihanu
of
the
Director
Wondu
commented,
“The
industry ”.
General of LIDI, noted the new
LIDI prepared the curriculum in
Wondu
program to be launched by
collaboration
wrapped up preparations to
AASTU
is going to be an
experts from Central Leather
addition to the field and there
Research institute (CLRI) and
will be more courses to follow
Footwear
with
Design
Indian
initiate
furthered, LIDI
a
similar
has
course.
&
7
ETHIOPIA SECURED U.S $ 245 MILLION FROM HORTICULTURE EXPORT
Ethiopia n
Horticulture
Development
A gency
while v egetables and fruits tak e
mark ets of Saudi Arabia, Japan
a share of U.S $ 40 Million and
and the United States.
U.S $ 6 Million respectiv ely .
disclosed Ethiopia secured
He
U.S $ 245 Million during the
Alem
past budget year from the
performance of the just ended
export
fiscal y ear has exceeded the
of
flowers,
vegetables and fruits.
furthered
the
y ear before it by 6.4 percent.
furthered
importers
of
Ethiopia’s fruits and v egetables
are Somalia and Djibouti.
According
to
the
Director
General, at present v ast land is
(05.08.2014 – 2Merkato)
Ethiopia’s export flowers main
cov ered by
destination
the
further noted foreign inv estors
General noted. He
are inv esting in the sector, out
added major consumers of the
of which majority of them are
General of the Agency , Alem
flowers
from Israel, India, Belgium and
Woldegerima, out of the total
Germany , Belgium and Norway .
rev enue U.S $ 199.74 Million
Other than
was generated from flowers
Ethiopia’s flowers also hit the
Director
According
to
the
Director
is
are
Europe,
Netherlands,
horticulture. He
Kuwait.
these countries,
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ETHIOPIA: BERWAQO TO EXPORT CAMEL MILK
Berwaqo Milk
Plc,
a
one
Processing
month
old
furthered.
He
added
the
requirements, the company will
company has secured a quality
secure a U.S $ 354,000 grant.
compa ny, is preparing to
certificate
Amir
export camel milk and its
State
byproducts to other East
Health Care Bureau and is
demand,
A frican nations.
hoping to acquire the same
consumed daily
certificate from the Federal
extent”. “Fortunately , the milk
office.
we collect from farmers is
(05.08.2014 – 2Merkato)
from
Food,
the
Somali
Medicine
and
commented,
pretty
“We
are
sure about the huge
camels’
milk
is
to a large
organic. This will help us to
Currently
the
company
Commenting on this he said,
compete with other companies
processes 700 liters of milk
“The officials will come here
in the region.”
ev ery day . Yet it intends to
and v isit or factory . Hopefully ,
In
ev entually increase this number
we will receiv e the certificate
byproducts,
to 10,000 liters per day .
within the coming three day s”.
planning to produce cosmetics
According
USAID has decided to support
from camels’ milk , Amir noted.
Manager and Owner of the
the
He furthered, “Hopefully , we
company ,
Muk tar,
mark et for dairy producers and
will start mak ing
Berwaqo is planning to export
collectors as part of its Pastoral
within the next three monts”.
40 percent of its total products
Resiliency
According to Capital, a liter of
to
Mark et Expansion Project.
camel milk is sold for 12 Birr in
Somaliland. As to the rest of
According to Capital, after it
the local mark et.
the product, it intends to sell it
has been check ed for qualify ing
at Dire Dawa, Harar, Somali
in
to
Djibouti,
the
Amir
General
Hargessa
and
company
in
creating
Improv ement
and
addition
to
milk
and
Berwaqo
is
cosmetics
env ironmental compliance
and Addis Ababa, Amir
9
ETHIOPIA: AMB BERHANE - AGRICULTURAL POLICIES PROPELLING GREE N
DEVELOPMENT
State Minister for Foreign
continued commitment to the
commitment to implementation
A ffairs,
fight against pov erty at first
and
hand.
conserv ation and other green
A mbassador
Berhane
Gebre-Christos
said on Tuesday that the
Ambassador
right
mix
agricultural
of
Ethiopia 's
policies
and
Berhane
operation
of
water
noted
dev elopment projects, assured
that the Tigray
region had
them that the Gov ernment is
prev iously
experienced
fully agreed with mak ing green
strategies can bring about
frequent
droughts
a better future of green
desertification
which
development in Ethiopia.
escalated
sev erity
the
and
dev elopment a cornerstone of
had
the nation's national renewal
of
and renaissance.
pov erty in the region.
(06.08.2014 – A llA frica)
Now,
howev er,
the
Comprehensiv e dev elopment of
of
the region, link ing env ironment
told
ecological and env ironmental
and dev elopment, helped the
Ethiopia's Ambassadors, on a
protection projects as well as
people
v isit to the Abraha Atsibeha
green economic dev elopment
themselv es
k ebele in Tigray Regional State,
combined
proactiv e
underdev elopment,
that the green dev elopment
participation
local
and desertification.
agenda underlined the v alue of
communities
liv ing in harmony with the
agricultural
has
between the local leadership
ecology and the importance of
enabled the region to build a
and v arious communities was
restructuring ecosy stems at the
better route to the realization
transforming
local lev el.
of sustainable dev elopment.
liv elihoods of rural communities
Representativ es
through
commitment
Ambassador
Berhane
The Ambassadors, who
are
to
nexus
with
of
in
modern
practices
of
local
the
region
out of
pov erty ,
drought
deepening
the
lift
dialogue
liv es
harnessing
and
new
holding their annual briefing
communities
briefed
session in Mek ele this y ear,
Ambassadors
and
Consul
Ambassador Berhane stressed
were
k ebele's
Generals on the tangible results
the need to sustain the positiv e
Project,
achiev ed so far through water
progress and
conserv ation mechanisms and
successes to redouble efforts to
other new technologies.
create
Water
v isiting
the
Conserv ation
near Mek ele.
the
The
of
They hav e been able to witness
agricultural technologies.
conditions
prosperous,
the integrated promotion of
Ambassador
Berhane,
green dev elopment and the
welcomed
the
who
build
stable
on
for
the
a
and
renewed Ethiopia.
people's
10
The Ambassadors and Consul-
progress made at the Sheba
Messobo
Generals v isited a number of
Shoe Factory .
United Metal Plc. and Lemlem
historic sites in the region,
Cement
Factory ,
Food Complex Factory , and
including the Abraha Atsibha
Earlier, on Monday , they v isited
participated in the International
Monastery and the Al Najashi
a number of other industrial
Diaspora Festiv al being held in
Mosque, and also
dev elopments,
Mek ele.
saw
the
including
the
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SOUTH SUDA N
SOUTH S UDAN: IGAD MEDIATORS UR GE R EBELS TO REJOIN NEGOTIATING
TABLE
Khartoum
—
IGA D
other
stak eholders
would
continue on 6 August 2014,"
mediators have called on
participate in a consultativ e
said the statement.
the SPLM in Opposition to
manner
it
In an interv iew with Sudan
rejoin inclusive pea ce talks
comes to the negotiations on
Tribune last July , the former
which resumed on Monday
formation
v ice-president and rebel leader
after rebels boycotted the
gov ernment of national unity .
particularly
of
a
when
transitional
negotiations, saying talks
Riek Machar said the warring
parties only hav e the right to
should be confined to the
In a statement released on
fix the rules of the talk s and its
warring parties.
Tuesday
agendas not the mediation.
ev ening,
the
mediators said the SPLM in
(05.08.2014 – A llA frica)
Opposition failed to attend the
"The driv ing force should not
talk s despite
prev ious
be the IGAD. IGAD should be
commitment to the "inclusiv e,
the moderator. They bring us
Tuesday walk ed out from the
multi-stak eholder
roundtable
together since we are willing to
talk s when stak eholders from
peace
and
come
the opposition parties, SPLM
modalities for comprehensiv e
auspices of IGAD, the parties
former
talk s".
should driv e the process," he
The
rebels
delegation
detainees
and
on
civ il
their
process
the
society groups, were seated to
involv e
in
the
direct
negotiations.
together
under
the
explained.
"The mediation renews its call
to the SPLM/A (In Opposition)
Last
to honour its commitment to
expressed hopes to reach an
Speak ing at the fifth session of
resolv e
agreement allowing to end the
peace talk s, the rebel acting
mediation expects the SPLM/A
conflict
chief negotiator, Dhieu Mathok
(In Opposition) to immediately
transitional
Diing, called for restriction of
return to and fully participate in
implement
the negotiations to the two
the
constitutional reforms in the
warring parties, stressing that
negotiations,
the
crisis.
The
multi-stak eholder
which
will
week ,
and
the
to
mediators
form
gov ernment
political
a
to
and
new nation.
12
DJIBOUTI
DJIBOUTI, UNICEF OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS CHILD AND MATER NAL
HEALTH STRATEGIES
Top officials from Djibouti's
(06.08.2014 – A llA frica)
Ministry of Health met with
representatives
These
numbers
hav e
since
the
The communication initiativ es
dropped to 55 infant and 85
United Nations Children's
aim to curb traditional practices
under-fiv e deaths per 1,000
Fund (UNICEF) on Monday
that are harmful to women and
liv e births, but remain high.
(A ugust
discuss
young children. The initiativ es
Djibouti's
communication
aim to reduce maternal, infant
rate is one of the highest in
efforts to improve child and
and child mortality across the
Africa,
maternal
country .
100,000 liv e births.
4th)
strategic
Djiboutian
from
Djibouti, according to UNICEF.
to
health,
the
Information
A gency reported.
at
maternal
546
mortality
deaths
per
In 2006, there were 67 infant
deaths
and
94
under-fiv e
deaths per 1,000 liv e births in
13
AFRICA
WORLD BANK PLEDGES $5BLN TO SIX AFRICA N COUNTRIES
The
World
committed
Bank
five
has
billion
financing,
inv estment
guarantees,
and
adv isory
Mak htar Diop, the World Bank ’s
v ice
president
for
Africa,
dollars for energy projects
serv ices for project preparation
explained that the inv estment
in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
in
into energy has to go beyond
Liberia,
partner countries.”
Nigeria,
and
Power Africa's six
initial
building power stations and
Tanzania.
grids.
Kim
(06.08.2014 – WIC)
added
gov ernment
that
the
US
will
also
be
“Bey ond building
power
work ing with the World Bank to
generators,
The commitment is a part of
meet the target of generating
connected to the mark et, which
United States president Barack
10,000
calls for regional cooperation to
Obama’s Power Africa initiativ e,
power in sub-Saharan Africa.
megawatts
of
new
in
sub-Saharan
must
be
build the transmission network .
which aims to double access to
electricity
they
up
We are work ing with African
comes
leaders and their dev elopment
Africa, as well as target and
during the US-Africa Summit
partners to create power pools
allev iate pathway s to pov erty .
currently
in Africa’s East, West, Central,
“We think that the US Power
Washington, with a number of
and
Africa initiativ e will play an
African heads of state such as
said Diop.
extremely
Tanzania’s
“Those
countries
with
geothermal,
gas,
important role in
The
announcement
underway
president
in
Jak ay a
Southern
achiev ing the goal of prov iding
Kik wete and Ghana's president
abundant
electricity
John
hydro,
for Africa,” World
Dramani
Bank Group president Jim Yong
attendance.
Kim said in a statement.
According
Mahama
in
solar,
sub-regions,”
and
wind
resources can feed their excess
Bank
power supply into a common
figures, roughly 24 per cent of
pool, while neighbouring states
“So today I'm v ery pleased to
sub-Saharan Africa’s population
with
announce that the World Bank
has access to electricity , v ersus
generation capacity can benefit
Group,
40 per
from this integrated approach
following
President
Obama's lead, will partner with
Power Africa by committing 5
billion
dollars
in
to
World
cent in
income countries.
other
low
less
energy
and
to deliv ering electricity to their
people.”
direct
14
JOBS, EDUCATION, SECURITY TOP FOR AFRICA NS: POLL
A fricans
see
jobs,
community ,
they
think
the
When
it came to Obama's
education and se curity as
world's richest nation has been
support,
their
slow coming to the party of an
respondents in Benin were not
economically rising Africa.
sure, as were 38 per cent in
biggest
areas
of
concern, a ccording to a poll
conducted
by
ONE,
the
55
per
cent
of
Ghana, 41 per cent in Rwanda,
anti-poverty campaign co-
The poll was conducted ov er a
47 per cent in South Africa and
founded by Bono and Bob
fiv e-day period at the end of
48 per cent in Tunisia. A large
Geldof.
July surv ey ing 500 people in
chunk of respondents, some 42
each country , with the av erage
per cent, in Nigeria believ ed
age of respondent about 26.
Obama
(05.08.2014 – WIC)
had
been
"v ery "
supportiv e and 49 per cent in
The poll comes on the ev e of 4
The margin of error is plus or
Tunisia thought he had been
to
minus
somewhat supportiv e.
6
August
2014
African
5.
nAs
summit of nearly 50 African
prepares
leaders hosted by US President
interest in Africa at the summit,
The poll measured attitudes
Barack Obama in Washington
most respondents believ e the
towards
where deals worth billions of
United States has had "some
found
dollars are expected
impact" on their country and
believ e their gov ernment had
community although not sure
best addressed security issues,
how supportiv e Obama had
followed
The poll offers a snapshot of
been.
respondents
corruption. In Keny a, Nigeria
priorities for Africans and their
surv ey ed said the United States
and Tunisia, security was the
attitudes towards the United
had "some impact" on their
biggest priority . In Rwanda it
States from nine countries from
country and community .
was trade and jobs followed
to be
announced.
to
Washington
Most
showcase
its
Benin and Rwanda to larger
and
gov ernments
and
that a v ast majority
by
education
and
closely by education, security
more populous nations
In Rwanda, howev er, 62 per
and health. To respondents in
including Nigeria, South Africa,
cent of respondents said the
South Africa, education and
Keny a,
United
jobs
Uganda,
Ghana,
Tanzania, and Tunisia.
While
most
of
the
4,500
respondents believ e that the
States
had
a
"big
were
k ey
areas
of
impact" on their country , as did
concern. In Benin, 36 per cent
31 per cent in Tanzania, and
of the people surv ey ed thought
37 per cent in Uganda.
their
gov ernment
had
best
agricultural
and
United States has had some
addressed
impact on their country and
corruption issues. Some 43 per
15
cent of respondents in Keny a,
in Rwanda listed security as the
respondents
felt
their
28 per cent in Tanzania, 34 per
area where their gov ernment
gov ernments needed to invest
cent in Nigeria, and 81 per cent
had done a good job. All
a lot more in agriculture.
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VERTICE USA-AFRICA: IL RITOR NO DI WASHINGTON NEL CONTINENTE?
“Come Stati Uniti, noi non
dell’esecutiv o
e
L’ombra del successo cinese in
guardiamo
rappresentanti
importanti
Africa dell’ultimo decennio ha
esclusivame nte per le sue
aziende internazionali –per tre
fatto da sfondo a tutti i lav ori
risorse
noi
giorni si è parlato delle enormi
del
riconosciamo l’A frica stessa
possibilità e opportunità offerte
nominando mai Pechino, a più
come una risorsa, con i suoi
dal continente africano.
riprese
abitanti, i loro talenti e il
Possibilità e opportunità che,
riferimento ad alcuni dei lati
loro potenziale. Noi
per
negativ i associati all’attiv ismo
all’A frica
naturali,
vogliamo
non
se mplice mente
estrarre
i
minerali
terreno
per
la
dal
nostra
stessa
di
Obama
ha
non
fatto
Il v ertice di questi giorni segna,
ora,
v ertice,
almeno dal punto di v ista delle
recuperare
intenzioni, il ritorno in grande
dopo
questo
stile degli USA in Africa. Un
creino posti di lavoro e
ritorno legato alla necessità di
i
Promettendo più inv estimenti,
contenere
nostri concittadini e
che
più missioni commerciali, più
ma anche legato alla necessità
diano
alla
sforzi di cooperazione, Obama
di trov are nuov i sbocchi alle
prossima era della crescita
ha sottolineato come finora gli
proprie
in A frica”: a dirlo è sta to il
scambi bilaterali tra Stati Uniti
quello che si v a delineando
presidente degli Stati Uniti,
e Paesi dell’Africa siano stati
come il nuovo mercato dei
Barack Obama, in uno degli
ampiamente al di sotto del loro
consumi
interventi tenuti durante il
potenziale:
foss’altro
primo
commercio con l’intera Africa è
rimasto.
Summit conclusosi ieri a
pari
L'imprenditore
Washington.
abbiamo con il Brasile, con un
Michael Bloomberg. Uno degli
solo Paese. Di tutte i beni che
organizzatori
esportiamo
Forum
il
via
tutti
pur
a v edere e a cogliere, ma che
rapidamente.
per
e
cinese in Africa.
partnership
opportunità
v ertice
Obama, gli USA hanno tardato
intendono
che
di
ammissione
crescita; voglia mo costruire
genuine
statunitense
libera
US-A frica
leader
(07.08.2014 – A frica e
A ffari)
agli
“Tutto
scambi
in
giro
il
nostro
che
per
noi
il
l’attiv ismo
merci
del
e
cinese,
presidiare
futuro.
perchè
Non
l’ultimo
americano
del
Business
mondo, solo l’1% v a in Africa
L’imprenditore
sub-sahariana: questo significa
Michael Bloomberg. Uno degli
Di fronte ai 5400 delegati che
che abbiamo molto lavoro da
organizzatori
hanno preso parte ai lav ori del
fare. E dobbiamo farlo meglio,
Forum
v ertice
molto meglio”.
Con un repentino cambio di
–
tra
esponenti
gov ernativ i dei Paesi dell’Africa,
americano
del
Business
retorica e dialettica, infatti,
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Washington per tre giorni ha
agenzie
istituzioni
sottolineato con enfasi il ritorno
acceso le luci sui progressi del
gov ernativ e statunitensi, dalla
degli USA in Africa come una
continente, annunciando una
Ex-Im Bank per sostenere le
grande possibilità da cogliere
nuov a partnership e un cambio
esportazioni delle aziende USA
per il continente.
di marcia che passa da una
in Africa o quelli per sostenere
narrativ a di aiuti a una di
il
General
Da un lato infatti il ritorno di
commercio e scambi alla pari.
Electric di v endere locomotiv e e
Washington consentirà ai paesi
Ecco, quindi, che al termine del
altro
rotabile alla
africani di strappare condizioni
Business Forum tenuto durante
società ferrov iaria sudafricana
migliori anche nelle trattativ e
il v ertice sono arriv ati impegni
Transnet. Non mancano poi i
con i cinesi e dall’altro i gov erni
per
gruppi
(dalla
africani
si
Challenge
aziende
USA
inv estimenti
e
accordi
e
progetto
della
materiale
finanziari
aspettano
commerciali per un importo
Millennium
complessiv o superiore ai 33
Corporation che ha annunciato
inv estimento div erso da quello
miliardi di dollari.
il prossimo sv olgimento della
di Pechino, un inv estimento in
In questo totale c’è di tutto: dai
sua
grado
finanziamenti per un v alore di 7
d’inv estimento in Africa con un
posti di lav oro.
miliardi
della
tour che dovrebbe recarsi in
Se
USA
almeno
del
sostanziale
gruppo
energetica
di
campagna
‘Doing
dollari
gov ernativ a
Business
(DBIA),
il
in
cui
Africa’
obiettiv o
è
prima
13
missione
Paesi
continente)
o
il
finanziario
Carly le
(2,5
un
dalle
tipo
di
di generare maggiori
lo
‘shale
gas’
e
la
autosufficienza
degli
renderanno
Stati
la
Uniti
presenza
promuov ere le esportazioni e
miliardi), e neanche i grandi
‘politica’ di Washington meno
gli
marchi
ingombrante
inv estimenti
statunitensi
mercato
dei
rispetto
passato,
miliardi)
delle bev ande Coca-Cola alla
africano v eniv a definito “una
stretti dalle circa 200 aziende
catena di distribuzione Wal-
questione
priv ate che hanno partecipato
Mart.
nazionale”, saranno soprattutto
agli incontri, ai fondi di Banca
Insomma
infrastrutture
i dati economici e commerciali
Mondiale
cinesi, ma anche agli APE/EPA
dei prossimi anni che potranno
europei,
rappresentare
fav ore
e
14
della
Sv ezia
dell’iniziativ a
a
‘Power
alle
gli
USA
sembrano
quando
di
la
petrolio
sicurezza
cartina
di
Africa’, inaugurata lo scorso
intenzionati a rispondere con
tornasole
anno
lo
un massiccio posizionamento
concreta del v ertice appena
infrastrutture
sui mercati africani per i loro
concluso.
sv iluppo
per
promuov ere
delle
energetiche nel continente e
beni e serv izi.
fav orire
In attesa di leggere commenti
l’accesso
univ ersale
all’elettricità.
e dichiarazioni da parte di
Ma in questo canestro di fondi
leader e opinionisti africani che
ci sono anche quelli messi a
compariranno
disposizione
giorni,
dalle
div erse
nei
qualcuno
della
il
al
consumi dalla multinazionale
(circa
Africa,
del
agli
accordi
in
priv ati
ricaduta
prossimi
ha
già
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