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The EU's much-heralded Global Gateway connectivity initiative is not universally welcomed in Africa

Scepticism in Africa about the EU's green connectivity plan

With great fanfare, a Youssou N'Dour concert in Brussels, and talk of a "partnership of equals" Europe tried to rekindle relations with African leaders at the sixth European Union-African Union summit in February. \n \nThe EU's big offer at the two-day summit was Global Gateway Africa — a €150bn connectivity initiative that, among other goals, aims to connect Africa's mineral wealth to the global market, and invest in the continent's electrification, preferably using clean energy.\n \nAfrica ...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

The EU's much-heralded Global Gateway connectivity initiative is not universally welcomed in Africa

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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