Please join us on April 27  from 10:00 - 2:00 at the World Bank headquarters at 1313 H St. for a forum: "Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent". The economic landscape of Africa has changed dramatically since the mid-1990s, as stagnation has given way to dynamism in a broad swath of African countries. This favorable trend is spurres by, among other things, stronger leadership, better governance, and improving business climate, innovation, market-based solutions, a more involved citizenry, and an increasing reliance on home-grown solutions. More and more, Africans are driving Africa development. This forum will address these issues.

Please join us on April 21 from 12:30-2:00 at the Economic Policy Institute for a briefing and discussion with Jean-Denis Crola, author of Aid for Agriculture: Turning Promises into Realities on the Ground, examining case studies in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger and highlighting the challenges facing government and donors as they invest in the agriculture sector and plan for long term food security and economic growth.

Lunch will be provided- please RSVP to Fay Johnson by April 14 2010 at: fjohnson@oxfamerica.org

You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, to be held on Thursday, April 15 at 10:00 AM in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Partnership members are encouraged to participate in the following important meeting on the new Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP): There will be a meeting of the FS/Ag WG on April 16 at 2:30 with the World Bank and Treasury to discuss the GAFSP (aka. World Bank Food Security Trust Fund). This meeting will provide an update on the GAFSP and a chance to discuss the document and the World Bank’s response. 

The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA / NEPAD Agency) said today in Midrand that it is in full support of a  World Bank (WB) loan application by Eskom which is critical in the South African State-owned Enterprises (SOE) decision to roll-out its ZAR385 million capital expansion programme.