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German Minister presents ‘Marshall plan’ for Africa at summit

Dr Gerd Muller ,German's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development makes his address at the 2nd German-African Business Summit (GABS) at the Intercontinental hotel,Nairobi. Photo/ELVIS OGINA (NAIROBI) FEBRUARY 9TH,2017

Hundreds of business and political personalities yesterday attended a German-African economic summit in Nairobi, where German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Mueller talked about his “Marshall Plan” for Africa.

The plan is “with Africa, not for Africa,” Mueller (pictured) said, stressing that it would be based on cooperation between equals rather than the principles of traditional development aid.

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