• The first plenary meeting of the Africa Global Partnership Platform (hereinafter the “AGPP” or the “Platform”) was held in Dakar on 22 October 2015, under the patronage of His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal.

• The meeting dealt with the twin themes of food security and agriculture and infrastructure financing. It was co-chaired by Senegal, Zimbabwe, Germany and Norway. His Excellency Macky Sall delivered the address before an audience comprised of High Representatives of AU member states represented in the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee, Africa’s major trade, investment and aid partners, together with the EU, and relevant African, UN and other international organizations as observers. In all, XX countries and institutions participated in the meeting.

Launch of the Africa Global Partnership Platform

• High Representatives warmly welcomed the launch of the African Global Partnership Platform. They expressed their full support for the Platform as the new African-led and owned partnership mechanism for high-level dialogue on Africa’s priorities between African and its major trade, investment and aid partners. They emphasized that the Platform should aim to foster greater coherence between the existing bilateral relationships between Africa and its partners, not replace them but rather, complement them.

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