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EU-COMESA Co-operation Week

Foreign Aid

USAID in Africa

Information Services

Africa Business Information Services, Africa Confidential, APK Consultancy, MBendi Information for Africa, The SME Club

Related International Organisations

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COM, Economic Commission for Africa

Africa Business Pages

http://www.africa-business.com/

Offers ways to promote products in African countries through direct contacts with business counterparts there.

AGOAAfrica.com

http://www.agoaafrica.com/

Links Africans and Americans to information about the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) as well as latest news and events affecting trade between the U.S. and Africa.

Bisharat

http://www.bisharat.net/

A language, technology, and development initiative focusing on the coordination of language use in information communication technologies for sustainable development in West Africa.

Business & Economic Information on Africa

http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/bus.html

Columbia University - Area Studies - Primarily a links page.

Centre for the Development of Industry

http://www.cdi.be/index_en.htm

CDI is a unique body funded by the European Community to link manufacturing companies in the ACP group with European companies and markets.

Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa Bank

http://www.comesabankers.org/

A forum for exchange of information on banking practices in the COMESA countries.

Economic Commission for Africa

http://www.uneca.org/

United Nations Agency accelerating development in Africa.

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

http://www.emergingafricafund.com/

Represents a new financing approach for the long term alleviation of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Finance and Advice in Development Assistance in Sm

http://www.faida.or.tz

FAIDA is a micro and small enterprise promotion project that aims to support economic development in Northern Tanzania by strengthening business development services and facilitating rural economic activities such as market linkages.

Friends of Africa Foundation

http://www.friendsofafrica.net/

An initiative to provide Africans with resources for entrepreneurial development, including web directory of African resources.

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

http://www.idc.co.za/

Financing of new industries and industrial undertakings, expansion schemes, better organisation and modernisation of existing industries and industrial undertakings, in Southern Africa.

Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute o

http://www.mefmi.org/

Regionally owned institute that seeks sustainable capacity in identified key areas in Central Banks, Ministries of Finance and Planning Commissions. List of member countries, programmes, partners and publications.

Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD)

http://www.oecd.org/sah

Presents publications such as prospectives studies or regional overviews.

The Acacia Initiative

http://www.idrc.ca/acacia

Encouraging the use of information and communication technology to support development. Newsletters and description of program.

The Center for Economic Research on Africa

http://alpha.montclair.edu/~lebelp/CERAF.html

Links, conference proceedings, and research monographs on contemporary economic issues affecting Africa

The East African Procurement News

http://www.procnews.com/

Business news, deals, tenders and contracts in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Eastern Africa region.