Our Correspondent | Africa Guardian The European Union (EU) continues to be Africa’s largest trading partner and primary export market, according to Norwegian Ambassador Tone Tinnes. Speaking at the 28th annual research workshop of REPOA, an economic research institution based in Dar es Salaam, Tinnes highlighted that EU imports from Africa reached €367 billion in 2023—a 27% rise since…
More than two years of delay in ratifying the new EU treaty with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries ended on Thursday (20 July) after Poland confirmed its approval of the agreement. The treaty is set to be formally signed by leaders at a summit in Samoa in the coming weeks. After Hungary abandoned its opposition to the treaty over…
THE European Union (EU) envoy in Guyana has been facilitating talks for possible pharmaceutical production in Guyana. This is according to European Union Ambassador to Guyana Rene Van Nes, during an interview with reporters on Thursday. He said that this initiative is about seeing if Guyana, together with Barbados and Rwanda could play a role in pharmaceutical production. Van…
Nairobi. The European Union and Kenya signed a trade deal Monday in a coup for Brussels as it seeks deeper economic ties with Africa in the face of competition from China. Summary Kenyan President William Ruto presided over a ceremony in Nairobi to mark the formal conclusion of negotiations to the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement Kenyan President William Ruto…