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The Special Envoy of the Australian Prime Minister, Bob McMullan, with the Australian High Commissioner to Rwanda, Geoff Tooth and the Rwandan Minister of Natural Resources, Stanislas Kamanzi will hold a media roundtable on Tuesday 21 August 2012 at 8.30 am.
At the meeting the Special Envoy will provide a briefing on Australia’s growing aid engagement in Africa, with a special focus on launching the Australian Mining for Development Assistance to Rwanda.
Australia has more than tripled its development assistance to Africa since 2007. By 2015-2016 it is estimated sub-Saharan Africa will receive A$500million a year.
Australia’s development cooperation with Africa seeks to make a practical and unique contribution in areas where we have experience and expertise: natural resource management (particularly mining), agriculture and food security, maternal and child health, and water and sanitation.
Underpinning Australia’s assistance in these areas is a focus on helping build Africa’s own human resource capacity. This is being achieved through targeted technical assistance as well as a significantly expanded scholarships program, which aims to offer up to 1000 awards a year across Africa by 2012-2013.
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