1st ever African Union/ Caricom Summit 09/07/21
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What's this 10 point plan?
When it comes to the Caribbean and African nations, I much rather have debt cancellation and a complete transfer of knowledge than cash payments. A lot of these countries are sitting on resources they can leverage and make crazy money from. But they don't have the knowledge to do it. Cash payments is more distant 3rd on the list, my list.
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UPDATE OCT 7 2021
Kenya, Barbados sign bilateral agreements on aviation, trade
Uhuru expressed optimism that the agreements will strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
Kenya and Barbados have signed three key bilateral agreements for cooperation in aviation, environmental conservation, trade and investment.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley witnessed the signing of an air services agreement, an MoU on the development of the national botanical garden of Barbados, and another one on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Trade and Investment, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo signed the three agreements on behalf of Kenya while Ministers Lisa Cummins (Tourism and International Transport), Adrian Forde (Environment and National Beautification) and Jerome Walcott (Foreign Affairs And Foreign Trade) represented Barbados.
Speaking at a high-level meeting, Uhuru expressed optimism that the agreements will strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
He said Kenya and Barbados have steadily been working together to enhance cooperation.
He said Kenya and Barbados are focused on deepening people-to-people interactions, adding that it was the people who could turn the good relations between the two countries into profitable and meaningful relationships.
The President informed Prime Minister Mottley that the interaction between the business people of the two countries will act as a catalyst for bringing many more people, not only from Barbados but also the rest of the Caribbean region, to Africa to engage in trade, tourism, culture, sports, education and other aspects of common interest.
Uhuru disclosed that Kenya and Barbados are exploring ways of establishing direct air and sea links to enable the free movement of people, goods and services between the two countries.
“This is one area where we are hoping to find great success that will make it easy for the businessmen and women, those seeking to re-engage with the African continent, to be able to do so without having to wait for visas from third parties,” he said.
Prime Minister Mottley said the large number of members of the Kenyan private sector who attended the business forum in Barbados signified the seriousness the two countries have in strengthening their economic ties.
“Not even Covid can separate us. I think that all of us recognize now that we are in a marathon and not a sprint. And that we have had, in the past, to become resilient and this generation of Kenyans and Barbadians must be resilient to the times whether those times are affected by the pandemic or whether they are affected by the climate,” he said.
Saying Kenya represents the cradle of civilization, Prime Minister Mottley said it was critical that Barbados partnered with Kenya as a bridge to the East African region and the rest of the continent.
Kenya, Barbados sign bilateral agreements on aviation, trade
Uhuru expressed optimism that the agreements will strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
Kenya and Barbados have signed three key bilateral agreements for cooperation in aviation, environmental conservation, trade and investment.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley witnessed the signing of an air services agreement, an MoU on the development of the national botanical garden of Barbados, and another one on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Trade and Investment, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo signed the three agreements on behalf of Kenya while Ministers Lisa Cummins (Tourism and International Transport), Adrian Forde (Environment and National Beautification) and Jerome Walcott (Foreign Affairs And Foreign Trade) represented Barbados.
Speaking at a high-level meeting, Uhuru expressed optimism that the agreements will strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
He said Kenya and Barbados have steadily been working together to enhance cooperation.
He said Kenya and Barbados are focused on deepening people-to-people interactions, adding that it was the people who could turn the good relations between the two countries into profitable and meaningful relationships.
The President informed Prime Minister Mottley that the interaction between the business people of the two countries will act as a catalyst for bringing many more people, not only from Barbados but also the rest of the Caribbean region, to Africa to engage in trade, tourism, culture, sports, education and other aspects of common interest.
Uhuru disclosed that Kenya and Barbados are exploring ways of establishing direct air and sea links to enable the free movement of people, goods and services between the two countries.
“This is one area where we are hoping to find great success that will make it easy for the businessmen and women, those seeking to re-engage with the African continent, to be able to do so without having to wait for visas from third parties,” he said.
Prime Minister Mottley said the large number of members of the Kenyan private sector who attended the business forum in Barbados signified the seriousness the two countries have in strengthening their economic ties.
“Not even Covid can separate us. I think that all of us recognize now that we are in a marathon and not a sprint. And that we have had, in the past, to become resilient and this generation of Kenyans and Barbadians must be resilient to the times whether those times are affected by the pandemic or whether they are affected by the climate,” he said.
Saying Kenya represents the cradle of civilization, Prime Minister Mottley said it was critical that Barbados partnered with Kenya as a bridge to the East African region and the rest of the continent.
This partnership has been there for a good minute between the Caribbean and African.
I know Anyone With Ecowas passport can travel to all the Caricom nations without a Visa for a while now, and vice versa.
I know Anyone With Ecowas passport can travel to all the Caricom nations without a Visa for a while now, and vice versa.
Exactly. I love the concept. But the fact that they rejected Haiti's attempt of joining the AU and considered granting isreal "observer"/overseer status. Makes them look a little funny.lets see where this goes.....
But a marathon starts with a first step.
Same thing you can fly from Kenya to the Carrbean and even to South American countries. That's low key how some Africans are showing up on the mexican border. I hope that the states doesn't press them to stop Africans from getting visas.
Yeah over the past 10/15 years a lot more Africans in South America, especially Argentina and Brasil, and even Uruguay. , mainly West Africans, Senegalese, Sierra Leonians, and Nigerians.
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Yes
In the last update, both leaders pointed out that one of the goals of the MOU signing was freedom of travel between the Continent and the Antillles ,without getting a third party visa.
Direct flights instead of European or American stop and connecting flight.
African Peasant
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I don't trust a lot of these dudes, but this is a good move and let's hope that this dynamic will last. 
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Good 1st step.
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If they give Haiti AU membership, they'd have to give most of the Caribbean AU membership. Not that that would be a bad thing.
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This is how we know cacs are behind this shyt. This is nothing but a gigantic symbolic gesture that wont amount to shyt and how dare they claim to be including the Carrabean but not Haiti. No African countries have smoke with Haiti and yet they are letting Israel in fukk Isreal and them Jews they are not apart of anything they cant run and control. Tells me all I need to know about this fake ass African union.
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Is this a fact? During the Summit, they said the reduction/elimination of visa restrictions was something that they were working on. When did the ECOWAS/CARICOM agreement go into effect?
