BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce (http://www.eu-africa-cc.org) is pleased to invite stakeholders to the 1st edition of its EU-Africa B2B Forum planned on 06 – 08 May 2015 in Mons (Belgium), in partnership with Euronews as main media partner.... Read more

ROME, Italy, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale family farmers. Modelled on Brazil’s achievements in fighting hunger and poverty, the Purchase from... Read more

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Data centres have for years been known to be excessive consumers of power, consuming up to 3% of all global electricity production, and roughly ten times more per square metre than the average office. Previously, energy efficiency wouldn’t necessarily be... Read more

DUBAI, UAE, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ahmed El-Essnawi, Highways and Transport Infrastructure Leader for the Middle East and North Africa, is responsible for delivering world-class services relating to highways and transport infrastructure to Aurecon’s clients in the Middle East and North Africa (http://www.aurecongroup.com), especially in the... Read more

DUBAI, UAE, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dubai-based flydubai (http://www.flydubai.com) today announced that it is increasing the frequency of flights on some of its routes in Africa for the summer schedule. With the additional flights, flydubai will operate a total of 78 flights a week to 12... Read more

NEW YORK, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia. He commended President Johnson Sirleaf for her leadership in efforts to defeat Ebola and welcomed the progress made so far. He underscored the need to... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the failure of peace talks on South Sudan: “Canada is deeply disappointed by the failure to reach an agreement for... Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 10, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on February 5, 2015 launched a multi-donor trust fund to deliver capacity development in Somalia. The Somalia Trust Fund aims at improving macroeconomic institutions, policies, and data systems and will provide over nine (9) million... Read more

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, March 9, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the first annual Presidential Lecture Series of the institute on March 3, Mauritian President Rajkeswur Purryag and IMF African Department Director Antoinette Sayeh emphasized the importance of economic policies that would make sub-Saharan Africa countries more resilient to external... Read more

LOME, Togo, March 9, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A staff team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Cemile Sancak visited Lomé during February 27-March 5, 2015. The team met with the highest authorities, including the President of the Republic, to discuss economic policy priorities with senior... Read more