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Five African countries plan investment platform for 2027

By , based on Daily News Egypt

Five African countries plan investment platform for 2027

Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa have agreed to create the Alamein Investment Platform by February 2027 and a continental mechanism for small and medium-sized enterprises by mid-2027. These measures, set out in the 3 October Alamein Declaration, aim in particular to address the funding difficulties facing the African Union Development Agency, according to the leaders gathered for NEPAD’s 25th anniversary.

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