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G20 Initiative "Compact with Africa"

G20 Initiative "Compact with Africa"

Family photo with Angela Merkel at the Investment Summit of the G20 Initiative "Compact with Africa"
01 / 07

Berlin, 30 October 2018:  Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Investment Summit of the G20 Initiative "Compact with Africa".

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Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin, at the G20 "Compact with Africa" Investment Summit.
02 / 07

The Initiative aims to achieve an equal and lasting partnership that benefits all sides.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel during the "Compact with Africa" Conference
03 / 07

These partnerships are to improve the environment for private investment in order to get infrastructure projects off the ground and create jobs. No financial support on the part of the German government is planned.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Federal Chancellery.
04 / 07

Then Angela Merkel hosted the G20 "Compact with Africa" Conference at the Federal Chancellery.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel in discussion with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
05 / 07

Before the conference the Chancellor met with several leaders individually, including the new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel in discussion with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
06 / 07

As well as representatives of eleven African states, representatives of international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund attended the event at the Federal Chancellery.

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The "Compact with Africa" Conference in session
07 / 07

The conference aimed to take the "Compact with Africa" process to the next level. Targeted development cooperation is to help improve conditions for investment in the Africa states.

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