APNPP
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The APNPP, an acronym of "l’association des pays non producteurs de pétrole"[1] (in English: the "Pan-African Non-Petroleum Producers Association"), is an association of 15 African nations that signed a treaty in July, 2006.
Their stated aim is to work together to promote biofuel production and reduce the effects of high oil prices.
The APNPP, aldough firstly proposed by Abdoulayé Wade, is being led by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Senegal. At the moment, the acting head is Mr Madické Niang. [2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ this site
- ^ Ministry of Energy and Mines leading the organisation of the APNPP
- ^ Madické Niang as head of Ministry of Mines
[edit] External links
- A closer look at Africa's 'Green OPEC'
- Africa Over A Barrel, Washington Post, October 28, 2006
- 'Biofuels: Strategic Choices for Commodity Dependent Developing Countrys', by Sonja Vermeulen and others from the International Institute for Economic Development (IIED) for the Common Fund for Commodities, November 2007
