An EU investment plan for Africa and the countries of the neighbourhood worth €44 billion has been launched, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced in his state of the Union speech on Wednesday 14 September.
"We are launching an investment programme for Africa and the countries of the neighbourhood which we expect to mobilise €44 billion of investments. This amount may rise to €88 billion if the member states contribute to it", Juncker said, on the...