Africa invests P405bn in NEPAD

Africa has invested P405bn in priority areas of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), more than half of which came from contributions from African governments, Nepad secretariat CEO Firmino Mucavele says.

The money was invested last year by governments and the private sector in key sectors that include infrastructure, agriculture, health, education and human resources.

Contributions are P260bn short of Nepad's P664bn required budget, but that was a smaller gap than last year, Mucavele told Business Day at the Nepad projects conference in Johannesburg. He said pledges also exceeded the present gap.

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