ICF News & Events

Mar 2010 - ICF and Government of Mauritius Announce Project to Modernise Mauritian Judiciary
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Feb 2010 - Tanzania’s Judiciary Goes Digital
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Dec 2009 - ICF and Government of Senegal Announce Further Boost to Investment Climate
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Nov 2009 - London Plays Host to Africa’s Most Ambitious Journalist Training Programme
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Oct 2009 - High level meeting of EAC officials in Tanzania results in recommendations to tackle trade and investment barriers
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Paris Plays Host to Africa’s Most Ambitious Journalist Training Programme
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Government of Mozambique and ICF Announce Partnership to improve Business Life Cycles in Tourism Industry
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Sep 2009 - ICF and Government of Rwanda Announce New Project to Modernise Tax Administration
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ICF commends Rwanda on being named “top reformer” in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2010’ report
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The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have announced the successful completion of the sixth session of their groundbreaking business journalism training course, held in Maputo, Mozambique
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Aug 2009 - ICF and the Government of Burkina Faso Announce Partnership to Establish New Commercial Courts and Improve Judicial Procedures
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Government of Cape Verde and ICF Announce Business Life Cycle Services Partnership
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ICF and the Government of Sierra Leone Announce Registry General Project to Boost the Local Investment Climate
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ICF Announces Project to Harmonise Commercial Laws in the East African Community
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Jul 2009 - ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have announced a call for applications to the groundbreaking business journalism training course being held in Maputo, Mozambique from 24 – 28 August.
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Jun 2009 - ICF held its second Annual General Meeting in Cape Town, to coincide with the World Economic Forum on Africa, where Omari Issa addressed delegates on the panel topic Investment Climate: A Better Way of Doing Business. Following the meeting, ICF published its 2008 Annual Report.
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ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have launched a call for applications to the business journalism training course being held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in July.
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ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation launched the third session of their groundbreaking business journalism training programme, held in Lagos.
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May 2009 - ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation launched the third session of their groundbreaking business journalism training programme, held in Lusaka.

ICF CEO tells UK House of Commons and London's leading business school that African countries are making progress on investment climates.
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ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have announced a final call for applications to the groundbreaking business journalism training course being held in Senegal later this month.
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ICF invites submission of proposals for an assignment to harmonise commercial laws of the EAC Partner States.
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Apr 2009 - ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have launched a final call for applications to the business journalism training course taking place this month and is being held in Senegal.
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ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation have launched a call for applications to the business journalism training course being held in Lusaka, Zambia later this month.
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ICF announced a project in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone to improve Sierra Leone’s airport infrastructure to help make troublesome travel a thing of the past for visitors to the West African country. A second ICF project will speed up commercial justice and dispute resolution in Sierra Leone.
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Mar 2009 - ICF signed an agreement with the Government of Burkina Faso to establish a new one-stop-shop for business and land registration, as well as simplify the application process for construction permits.

ICF hosted its first journalist training workshop in Nairobi in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The workshop is the first of six five-day introductory training workshops that form part of ICF’s comprehensive and long-term training programme for African journalists.

ICF announced a partnership with the Government of Mali to implement two new projects that will reduce the time and costs businesses spend resolving commercial and fiscal disputes.
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ICF announced the second phase of its project in partnership with the Government of Senegal to improve customs administration in the Port of Dakar
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Jan 2009 - ICF and the Thomson Reuters Foundation announced a new partnership that will offer a groundbreaking training programme for business journalism in Africa.
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Dec 2008 - ICF signed a landmark agreement with the Government of Zambia to speed up court cases in a move to improve the country’s investment climate.
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Oct 2008 - ICF announced a new project to improve the efficacy of the land registration system in Sierra Leone.

ICF held a press conference in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 8th October.
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ICF signed an agreement with the Government of Rwanda for a power sector project that will enhance the country’s investment potential.
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Sep 2008 - ICF announced new projects in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Zambia.
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ICF held a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda on 11th September.

Jun 2008 - ICF held its first Annual General Meeting in London on 3rd June. ICF contributors were delighted with the progress ICF has made to date.
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May 2008 - Tanzania announced programme to modernise its judiciary system.
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Jan 2008 - Liberia announced reform programme to formalise business.
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Dec 2007 - East Africa to stamp out piracy and counterfeiting to boost investment and trading potential.
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