This workbook has been published on the occasion of the first ministerial Conference between Italy and Africa, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 18 may 2016 in Rome at the Farnesina.

It was aimed to provide easy support to the economic issues addressed during the summit. It has been divided into two parts offering a general overview respectively of the state of (and prospects for) economic ties between Italy and Africa and of the most important African economic sectors; each of these are addressed in a dedicated section, complete with the most up-to-date news.

Contents

• PART ONE – ITALY AND AFRICA
• Italy and Africa: risks and opportunities
• The wind is changing
• Time for Italy to make up lost ground
• Experience to share / Mario Pezzini
• Need for a new narrative / Carlos Lopes
• News / Economy and trade
• Development cooperation remains strategic
• Mattarella in Ethiopia and Cameroon
• Security and business with Renzi in Africa
• News / Cooperation
• PART TWO – The new Africa
• The future hangs on infrastructure
• News / Infrastructure
• Re-imagining African cities
• News / Construction
• Energy, a pillar of African growth
• News / Energy
• Agriculture returns to the fore
• News / Agribusiness
• Letter from AUC President Dlamini-Zuma