Tag: Commodities
Indaba Insights: The Mining Outlook in 2024
20 Feb 24 BlogThe theme of 2024’s Mining Indaba was “Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining”. The three key, “positive disruptors” discussed w...
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09 Oct 23 NewsNew Border Management Authority a boost for SA’s security and development (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to the nation to highlight the import...
Zimbabwe’s latest trade policy pronouncements: Government suspends import duties and removes import licenses on basic commodities
23 May 22 BlogRead the full blog HERE
On the 17th of May 2022, the Zimbabwean government, through the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, introduced Statutory Instrument 98 of 20...
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07 Jul 21 NewsNational
Trade, Industry and Competition hosts pricing regulations dialogue, 7 Jul (South African Government)
The pricing regulations and other related matters on prices will com...
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19 Nov 20 NewsNational
Closing address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the third South Africa Investment Conference (The Presidency)
It has been a gathering filled with promise and optimism. I...
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22 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: 27 July. Leading the way: How Africa is establishing a 21st century trade agenda
This event will introduce the new World Bank Group report: The African Continental Free T...
COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows
13 May 20 NewsThe coronavirus pandemic led to a 3% drop in global trade values in the first quarter of 2020. The downturn is expected to accelerate in the second quarter, according to UNCTAD for...
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11 May 20 NewsTrade impacts of LDC graduation (WTO)
There are currently 47 LDCs, of which 12 are at different stages of the graduation process. Of these LDCs, seven are WTO members (Angola, Ban...
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07 May 20 NewsA reminder that the Joint Bureau of the African Union Ministers of Trade and the Council of Ministers of the AfCFTA took place this afternoon
AfCFTA Secretariat SG Wamkele Mene: ...
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22 Apr 20 NewsErastus Mwencha, Tom Pengelly: The UK must do all it can to keep trade out of Africa flowing (tralac, The Telegraph)
Covid-19 has now spread to all corners of Africa and, as the r...
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22 Oct 19 NewsEnabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 (World Bank)
Four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the top ten reformers worldwide promoting favorable regulations for farmers i...
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11 Oct 19 NewsCommonwealth trade ministerial: Reform WTO and resist protectionism
Following a meeting in London, ministers from the 53 Commonwealth member countries declared their collective su...
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10 Sep 19 NewsRethinking the International Trade Architecture: address by WTO’s DDG Alan Wolff at the Institute for International Trade, Adelaide
The topic of our conference is “Rethinking ...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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24 Apr 19 NewsOn hosting the AfCFTA Secretariat: Eswatini walking tightrope to become Africa’s trade hub (Yenisfak)
At a breakfast meeting with the local business community, prime minister Am...
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17 Apr 19 NewsPosted, by the AU: The decisions, declarations, resolution and motions from the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (February, Addis Ababa). Decisions include: ...
Commodity-dependent countries urged to diversify exports
16 Apr 19 NewsExperts discuss recent trends in global commodity markets and explore how commodity-dependent developing countries could achieve inclusive growth.
Developing countries that depend...
Export Diversification in Africa and Sustainable Growth
07 Mar 19 PublicationsLong-term growth is a necessary condition for developing countries to achieve developmental goals; however, being export-dependent for growth, this suggests that they need to devel...
South Africa: a 2018 trade and investment profile
01 Mar 19 PublicationsThis brief and accompanying infographics provide an update on merchandise trade, services and investment in South Africa for 2018. Specific product sectors examined include agricul...
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25 Jan 19 NewsEvents listing, Part I
Profiled African trade and development events, starting Monday, for your events calendar:
TFTA Technical Committee on Legal Affairs (28-29 January, Nairobi...