Africa

AU-EU commissioners to meet

Emnet Assefa

The African Union (AU) and its European equivalent the European Union (EU) will hold their sixth commission to commission (C2C) meeting on the 25^th and 26^th of April here at the AUC compound.

The meeting will be co-chaired by the AUC Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma and her European counterpart José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and will be attended by Commissioners from both sides. It is expected that the two sides will review the results of the cooperation between the two unions since June 2011 and provide the necessary political input in new areas of mutual interests.

Africa

New SME supporting platform underway

Emnet Assefa

DHL, global express operator announced a business platform that it said will assist local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate the global market. The company made the announcement in Addis Ababa on 18^th April during a national Micro and Small Enterprise business forum co-organized by AXIOS Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Co.