Tag: Economic Development
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10 Jun 19 NewsA selection of African trade and development events to diarise:
The 2019-2020 Mauritius Budget was presented to the National Assembly today. Download the full Budget Speech on the...
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17 May 19 NewsAfrican trade policy events to note:
An EAC experts meeting on the AfCFTA takes place today (by video conference)
Botswana Competition Policy Peer Review Report dissemination eve...
IMF Executive Board 2019 Article IV Consultation with Uganda
09 May 19 NewsUganda’s economy continues its robust recovery with projected growth of 6.3 percent in FY2018/19. Timely implementation of public infrastructure and oil-related projects would su...
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02 May 19 NewsDiarise: Horn of Africa AfCFTA Regional Trade Forum (23-24 May, Addis Ababa)
Extract from the concept note: While engagement with the private sector is a theme that cuts acro...
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30 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update
The AfCFTA Agreement will enter into force on 30 May: update from AUC
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, flanked by the AU Comm...
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26 Apr 19 NewsZimbabwe shoots down Masiyiwa’s rand proposal (Bulawayo24)
Industry and Commerce minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has shot down the suggestion by billionaire telecoms tycoo...
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15 Apr 19 NewsZimbabwe Infrastructure Report 2019 (AfDB)
Zimbabwe has faced headwinds over the last decade resulting in a collapse of the economy. However, following the political transition of...
African Consultative Group Meeting: Statement by the Chairman of the African Caucus and the Managing Director of the IMF
15 Apr 19 NewsMinister Kenneth Ofori-Atta, Chairman of the African Caucus, and Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), co-chaired the African Consultat...
Sub-Saharan Africa: IMF lays out policies for economic recovery amid elevated uncertainty
15 Apr 19 NewsNavigating Sub-Saharan Africa’s Recovery Amid Greater Uncertainty
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery is set to continue, but along two tracks. Overall growth is set to pic...
IMF Executive Board 2019 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria
03 Apr 19 NewsMobilizing Resources to Invest in People
Spending on health and education in Nigeria is among the lowest in the world. To fund these crucial sectors, Nigeria will have to maximize...
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02 Apr 19 NewsFeatured tweet by the AUC’s @AmbMuchanga: Good news! The Parliament of The Gambia has approved ratification of AfCFTA Agreement making us meet the minimum threshold [of 22]. The ...
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27 Mar 19 NewsTunisia has formally ratified its membership of COMESA – becoming its 20th member
Diarise: Transforming Mauritius – policies to foster industrialisation and development. The w...
CoM2019 ends with African governments being urged to embrace digital transformation
27 Mar 19 NewsThe 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019) ended in Marrakech on Tuesday with go...
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26 Mar 19 NewsThe AU has posted the TOR for the proposed African Labour Migration Advisory Committee (pdf). It is one of the agenda items at next week’s Specialised Technical Committee on Soci...
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25 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Gender considerations in trade agreements (28 March, Geneva). The workshop is organized by Iceland, Botswana and UNCTAD in cooperation with the WTO. It will explore the ro...
Tax reform, digitization key to financing Africa’s development – ECA report
23 Mar 19 NewsA new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging di...
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15 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Canada Africa Business Conference (26-27 March, Gaborone)
Nigeria’s PEBEC launches innovative public service feedback, complaints platform to drive Ease of Doing Busine...
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14 Mar 19 NewsThe GTR AFRICA 2019 conference starts today in Cape Town. Twitter updates: #GTRAFRICA
The WTO’s 2019 Public Forum theme has been announced: Trading forward – adapting to a cha...
5th EPRN Rwanda Annual Research Conference: The AfCFTA – Challenges and Opportunities
14 Mar 19 NewsQuality research needed to help implement the AfCFTA
With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meetin...
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11 Mar 19 NewsDiarise:
The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships (17-19 March, New Delhi). The programme can be viewed here.
The African Day of Standardisati...