Suzuki Keisuke, state minister for foreign affairs of Japan, and Mohcine Jazouli, minister delegate to the minister of foreign affairs of Morocco, signed the ‘Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Morocco for the Promotion and Protection of Investment’ (the Japan-Morocco Investment Agreement)
Finance
Uganda Government looks to save billions through asset management
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) conducted a workshop on municipal Asset Management Action Plans (AMAPs) in Gulu, Uganda in December 2019
UNSMIL convenes meeting of Libyan economic experts
UNSMIL convened a meeting of 19 Libyan economic experts representing the main Libyan financial and economic institutions as well as the different economic sectors
Ethiopian government launches Homegrown Economic Reform Programme
The IMF has approved a US$3bn programme for Ethiopia to support the government’s own Homegrown Economic Reform Programme, which is designed to eliminate macroeconomic imbalances and lay the foundation for sustainable and inclusive growth
‘Revitalized Africa Policy’ to guide Sri Lanka’s engagement with Africa
The operationalisation of the ‘Revitalized Africa Policy’ seeks to enhance Sri Lanka’s cooperation in the political, economic and cultural spheres across Africa, said foreign secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha