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6/04/2009

allAfrica.com says that the Group of 20's pledges of trade finance and aid for trade are too vague, according to Dr Carolyn Deere Birkbeck and Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, authors of an e-book about global trade. The G20 did commit 250 billion dollars to boosting trade finance, it argues but on aid for trade, the G20 was non-specific. 'They could have done more … Existing commitments are maintained, but nothing is said on how to reach them.'

1/04/2009

Under the headline: Africa at the G20-Africa Must be Part of the Global Response to the Crisis allAfrica.com http://allafrica.com/stories/200904060246.html sets out Africa’s key recommendations from the report by the Committee of African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

20/03/2009

A Week in the Horn, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry's weekly news coverage, wrote: 'Prime Minister Meles was in London for a day on 16 March to participate in the G-20 pre consultation meeting. His participation in this meeting gave him the opportunity to explain Africa's position with regard to the global economic downturn and its impact on Africa.'

Dr. Eleni Z.Gebremedhen, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) Chief Executive Officer who attended the pre-G20 Business meeting held in London on 10 March, told Capital Ethiopia, 'We must not lose the hard fought and hard achieved momentum of a rising Africa with five years of solid economic performance.'

Chair of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) - Ethiopia

• Impact of the crisis on African economies – Sustaining growth and poverty reduction