Current drought in Zambia. Despite the unprecedented emergency in the region, only around 20 percent of funds for the Horn of Africa have been met (Photo: Caritas Africa/Zambia)

Three problems with the EU's 'Global Gateway' to Africa

EU & the World

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by Luísa Fondello and Lucy Esipila, Brussels/Nairobi,

The EU's investment package for development, the "Global Gateway", which the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen described as the "future of the EU's development cooperation", seems fixated on boosting private sector investments in energy, infrastructure and climate-smart solutions in Africa.

But it is unclear whether this investment package of the world's largest aid ...

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Luísa Fondello is international cooperation officer at Caritas Europa and Lucy Esipila is policy and advocacy officer at Caritas Africa.

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Current drought in Zambia. Despite the unprecedented emergency in the region, only around 20 percent of funds for the Horn of Africa have been met (Photo: Caritas Africa/Zambia)