Tag: Economic Development
Protecting the vulnerable and excluded in the financial sector
06 Apr 20 BlogAs the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, it brings with it a global economic crisis. With economies only now beginning to properly recover from the glob...
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27 Mar 20 Newstralac’s Trudi Hartzenberg: South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
We’ve already seen that global cooperation and support are absolutely essential at this time. It...
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18 Mar 20 NewsThe recently elected Secretary General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene, will be sworn in tomorrow at the African Union.
Trump Administration notifies Congress of intent...
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03 Mar 20 News@AUTradeIndustry: update on the AfCFTA negotiations
The 8th meeting of the AfCFTA Technical Working Group on Trade in Services began today in Addis. It is an opportunity for AU me...
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02 Mar 20 NewsIGAD protocol on free movement of persons endorsed at ministerial meeting (IGAD)
Ministers in charge of Internal Affairs and those in charge of Labour of Member States of the Inte...
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27 Feb 20 News10th EU-AU Commission-to-Commission: updates
Opening statement by President von der Leyen. Dear Moussa, when I first came to Addis, I told you that I came first of all to list...
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14 Feb 20 NewsWhy the need for a pharmaceutical initiative anchored on the AfCFTA? Extracts from the technical paper prepared for the Third Africa Business Forum (UNECA)
This innovative AfCFTA-...
African Economic Outlook 2020: Africa’s economy forecast to grow despite external shocks
30 Jan 20 NewsAfrica’s economic growth remained stable in 2019 at 3.4 percent and is on course to pick up to 3.9 percent in 2020 and 4.1 percent in 2021, the African Development Bank’s 2020 ...
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29 Jan 20 NewsLaunching tomorrow in Abidjan: The AfDB’s flagship African Economic Outlook 2020. The theme: Developing Africa’s workforce for the future.
A preview of UNCTAD’s Illicit Trad...
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23 Jan 20 NewsRwanda to scrap visa fees for over 90 countries (New Times)
Rwanda is considering scrapping visa fees for citizens of the Commonwealth, as well as the African Union and La Francop...
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09 Dec 19 NewsKey AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency)
Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...
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05 Dec 19 NewsDoing Business 2020: Selected African economy profiles
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, CAR, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, ...
Financial sector trade
24 Oct 19 InfographicsRegulatory heterogeneity is a major barrier to cross-border expansion across all modes of delivery for financial services businesses. Even when regulatory regimes are open to forei...
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18 Oct 19 NewsWBG/IMF Annual Meetings: selected updates
The Broadband for All Working Group: Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100bn price tag
Intergovernmenta...
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15 Oct 19 NewsConcluding today, in Lusaka: CII-Exim Bank Regional Conclave on India-Southern Africa Project Partnership
A guide to the WB/IMF 2019 Annual Meetings (which concludes on Sunday)
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14 Oct 19 NewsUnderway in Geneva: UNCTAD’s NTMs Week
Sessions will cover topics such as the costs and benefits associated with NTMs from a sustainable development perspective, trade tensions ...
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10 Oct 19 NewsAfrica’s Pulse (World Bank)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic performance has remained sluggish, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of refo...
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13 Sep 19 NewsThe Third Ordinary Session of the AU’s STC on Communication and ICT starts in Addis Ababa on Monday. Profiled event document: The draft digital transformation strategy for Africa...
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06 Sep 19 NewsDomestic resource mobilization: fighting against corruption and illicit financial flows (African Union)
IFFs are widespread and secretive by nature. No one quite knows how to quan...
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29 Aug 19 NewsMadagascar has notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it has initiated three safeguard investigations: on soaps, lubricating oils and on vegetable oils and margarines
T...