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African Organisations

Here you will find a variety of useful Links, although this list for obvious reasons is not complete and neither will never be. On the other hand we just included those websites, that provide usefull information online. In case you would like to suggest other sites, please feel free , to send me a mail.

 

African Union
The latest development into a united Africa.
African Union Website

 

The Founding of the OAU
There is a very nice site about the founding of the OAU created by Makonnen Ketema, the son of the late Ethiopian foreign minister and one of the “fathers” of the OAU, Ketema Yifru. To visit this site is a must for anyone interested in African history.
Creation of OAU

 

African Development Bank
This link contains a lot of information about the financial situation about African countries, loans and projects
African Development Bank Website

 

West African Development Bank
They are financing projects in West-Africa, in the public and private sector as well. This is their French website containing information about current projects.
West African Development Bank Website

 

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA
20 states in eastern and southern Africa founded in 1994 the idea of forming some sort of free trade zone for mutural benefit and development. Some have meanwhile gone far, some have left behind, and there are a lot of obstacles.
COMESA Website

 

Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
ECOWAS is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial matters, social and cultural issues. Ecowas Website

 

New Partnership for African Development NEPAD
The New Partnership for African Development is supposed to put Africas future in the hand of African leaders, with assistance and guidance of the economic powers. This the Website with further information.
NEPAD Website

 

Southern African Development Community SADC
The Southern African Development Community has currently 14 member states and is aiming for a closer communication within its member states as well as combining efforts to improve regional infrastructure, economic growth, standards of living and defeat regional problems together. SADC Website

 

Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)
SARDC is an independent institution involved in the collection, analysis and dissemination of information on social, political, economic and cultural issues of the southern African region. SARDC Website

 

West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
UEMOA was created on January 10, 1994 among 8 countries in West-Africa.
UEMOA Website

 

East African Community (EAC)
The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, with its Headquarters located in Arusha, Tanzania.
EAC Website

 

Association for the development of education in Africa (ADEA)
ADEA hosts a website including database on educational issues, as well as a lot of further online information.
ADEA Website

 

Updated 13/10/2008