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MEMORANDUM Nº 230/2012 13/12/2012
The EBCAM’s Memoranda are issued with the sole purpose of provide daily basic business and economic information on Africa, to the 4,000 European Companies affiliated with our Members, as well as their business parties in Africa. Should a reader require a copy of the Memoranda, please address the request to the respective National Member. See list of National Members at www.ebcam.org.
SUMMARY: ONE) – EU SCALES UP HUMANITARIAN AID FOR SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN BY €30 MILLION – Page 2 TWO) - EU-UNICEF PROGRAMME AGAINST UNDERNUTRITION – Page 2 THREE) – BRAZILIAN FIRMS BRING WATER AND POWER TO ANGOLANS – Page 2 FOUR) - ACP: NO TO THE 11% CUT IN EU DEVELOPMENT FUND – Page 4 FIVE) – UK STOPS AID TO RWANDA – Page 4 SIX) – EU, OTHER DONORS URGED TO BACK SOCIAL FUND FOR POOR NATIONS – Page 5 SEVEN) – FIRST PLEDGES AT DOHA: £133M FROM UK TO AFRICA – Page 6 EIGHT) – DREAMS OF A ‘GREEN UTOPIA’ WITHER IN THE MAGHREB – Page 6 NINE) – MOZAMBIQUE WILL GROW UP TO 8,4% IN 2013 – Page 8 TEN) – TANZANIA: FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS BOOST SUGAR INDUSTRY – Page 8 ELEVEN) – SOUTH SUDAN: NO BASIC SERVICES FOR OIL COUNTRY – Page 8 TWELVE) – INDEX INSURANCE PROGRAM IN AFRICA – Page 10 THIRTEEN) – LIBYA: INJURED STRUGGLE IN THE SAHARA – Page 10 FOURTEEN) – NIGERIA NEEDS 100 000 PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS – Page 11 FIFTEEN) – EAST AFRICA: LANDLOCKED EAC MEMBERS CAN FORCE KENYA, TANZANIA TO REMOVE TRADE BARRIERS – Page 12 EBCAM NEWS -
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