Events

On September 10-11, 2009, the African Development Bank hosted a meeting of ICA members in Tunis to discuss the ICA Strategic Business Plan and ICA Communications Strategy elaborated by the ICA Secretariat for the period 2010-2012.

Presentations from the May 11th, 2009 meeting on Powering Africa's Growth: Expanding Private Investment in African Power Infrastructure, held in Dakar, Senegal and co-hosted by the ICA and US Department of the Treasury.

In their meeting on 11 May 2009, African finance officials, power project developers and representatives from global financial institutions agreed that in the current economic environment it was more important than ever for African countries to bring about reforms that make their power sectors more attractive to investment by the private sector.

ICA will host a meeting of its Public-Private Infrastructure Working Group in Dakar on 11 May 2009. The event, held in conjunction with the US Treasury and the African Development Bank (AfDB), will take place just before the African Development Bank’s annual meetings.

The 5th Annual Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) was held in Rome, Italy on 9-11 March 2009.

Continued investment in infrastructure vital for Africa’s economic development and to alleviate poverty.

Infrastructure Consortium for Africa will continue drive to encourage both public and private sector investment.

Africa to remain high on G8’s agenda.

Meeting hosted by the Italian Government on 10 and 11 March 2009 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome.

The organisation that works to enhance and accelerate the development of Africa’s infrastructure is to hold its annual meeting on 10-11 March 2009 – with the impact on Africa of the international financial crisis a key issue on the agenda.

The global financial and economic crisis is certain to have implications for the availability of finance for infrastructure development in Africa, but, with determination, the challenges faced can be overcome.