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17 Jan 23 NewsSouth Africa: Renewables industrialisation plan to be aligned to expected surge in private projects
The newly appointed facilitator of the South African Renewable Energy Masterpla...
Value Chains Can Drive, and be Driven by, the AfCFTA
24 Dec 22 BlogRegional Value Chains (RVCs) – a localised form of a global value chain (GVC) – are a form of trade that involves a chain of intermediate products and services value addition f...
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AfreximBank earmarks $100 million to tackle Nigeria’s export challenges (The Guardian Nigeria)
The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday, announced...
Why We Need to Promote African Value Chain Industrialisation Now That the AfCFTA Is Here
23 Dec 22 BlogThe ways in which developing countries industrialised post the industrial revolution have drawn attention from scholars for decades. The ‘Asian tigers’ are a group of South-Eas...
The Potential of the Clothing & Textile Regional Value Chain under the AfCFTA
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This Trade Report analyses one of the value chains identified as a development priority by the AfCFTA: the clothing, textile & leather sector (CT&L) i...
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22 Dec 22 NewsLocal news
Zimbabwe Sanctions | Activists denounce new sanction regime (ENCA)
HARARE - The United States has slapped new targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe.
This is d...
Digital Trade Developments in Kenya: Perspective under AfCFTA
22 Dec 22 BlogDigital trade and digitally enabled transactions of trade in goods and services have been increasing globally. In Kenya, the growth of digital trade and digitally enabled transacti...
Anticipation of Trade in Services Under AfCFTA – Malawi’s Determination of Schedule of Commitments Under the Protocol on Trade in Services
22 Dec 22 BlogMalawi ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 15 January 2021 and has been participating in the negotiations of trade in services liberalisation under the Pro...
Benefitting from the AfCFTA: The Case of Mauritius
22 Dec 22 PublicationsDOWNLOAD PUBLICATION
This trade report deals with the possible ways African countries can benefit from the AfCFTA as that preferential trade area becomes a reality, with Mauritius...
Regulatory Framework for State-Owned Enterprises in the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
21 Dec 22 BlogThe governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is essential for efficient and open markets at both the domestic, continental and international levels. In many countries, SOEs are...
Nigeria’s Preparedness for the Implementation of the AfCFTA: An Institutional Perspective
21 Dec 22 BlogOn 7 July 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), formalising Nigeria as a party. After originally declining to sign the...
La ZLECA n'est pas lancée sur une bonne base
20 Dec 22 BlogLa ZLECA ajoute une zone de libre-échange (ZLE) supplémentaire aux accords commerciaux et d’intégration Africains existants. Elle doit prendre en compte les intérêts de cinq...
Comment la ZLECA s'intègre dans le schéma d'intégration régionale existant en Afrique
20 Dec 22 BlogL’accord de la ZLECA est défini comme “le présent Accord établissant la Zone de Libre-Échange Continentale Africaine et ses protocoles, annexes et appendices qui en font pa...
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South Africa's Cold Chain Market is expected to generate more than Rand 45 Bn by 2026F owing to Growing Demand by End Users and Technology Upgradation: Ken Research (Ya...
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South Africa could lose 100 000 jobs if car manufacturing doesn’t decarbonise, Gungubele warns (Engineering News)
South Africa’s manufacturing sector needs to move...
The AfCFTA design will determine how it will function and evolve
29 Nov 22 PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in legal instruments concluded by sovereign states. For trade in goods the AfCFTA establishes, through its Protocol on ...
How the AfCFTA began and evolved
28 Nov 22 PublicationsAfrican economic integration has a long history, but 10 years ago the African Union (AU) Assembly adopted a decision that put matters on a new course. This decision dealt with boos...
How the AfCFTA fits into Africa’s existing regional integration scheme
23 Nov 22 BlogThe AfCFTA Agreement is defined as “this Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area and its Protocols, Annexes and Appendices which shall form an integral par...
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Poultry industry jitters over extension to US anti-dumping tariffs (IOL)
The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) will have to continue to “take one for the team...