Tag: South-South cooperation
India-South Africa Business Summit to strengthen investment
16 Apr 18 NewsBusiness Summit seeks to maximise the potential of the economic and commercial partnership between South Africa and India
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) in partner...
The concrete result of IAF 2018: Strengthening Indonesia-Africa Partnership
12 Apr 18 NewsThe Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) 2018, a forum organized by Indonesia for the first time, has succeeded in drawing up a series of concrete agreements to further strengthen Indonesi...
Indonesia and Africa synergize cooperation at Indonesia-Africa Forum 2018
11 Apr 18 NewsUnleashing potentials: Developing Sustainable Economic and Investment Cooperation
“[The] Indonesia-Africa Forum is the embodiment of the commitment of Indonesia and African coun...
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29 Mar 18 NewsAfrica’s partnerships with the EU, India: key updates
(i) AU Executive Council adopts the African Common Position for negotiations of a new cooperation agreement with the EU. In...
AU Executive Council adopts the African Common Position for Negotiations of a new cooperation agreement with the European Union
29 Mar 18 NewsMarch 21st, 2018 marked a historical day for Africa in its vision to build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa with the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agre...
Sound domestic policies are key to unlocking the benefits of international banking
08 Jan 18 NewsTen years ago, the worst financial crisis in decades roiled developing economies across the globe, temporarily halting their progress in the fight against extreme poverty. As the w...
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30 Nov 17 NewsIn Abidjan: 5th African Union-European Union Summit concludes: Investing in youth for a sustainable future
The 5th African Union-European Union Summit took place on 29-30 Nov...
South-South cooperation offers major opportunities to support vulnerable countries – UN official
30 Nov 17 NewsAs the most vulnerable countries continue to face serious development challenges, South-South cooperation offers enormous opportunities and potential to effectively support them in...
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10 Nov 17 NewsFeatured African trade tweets:
@AnnMbiruru: Good news for transporters from Dar. Only 3 police roadblocks are official in Tanzania between Dar es Salaam and Mutukula, said TZ Pres...
China’s ambitions in sub-Saharan Africa: efforts to rebalance bilateral relations still needed
10 Nov 17 NewsRisky trade dependence for sectors and countries that export commodities
Almost twenty years after the launch of the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China-Africa relation...
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31 Oct 17 NewsA reminder: The Doing Business 2018 report was released today. Read more here.
South Africa’s September trade statistics: another surplus (SARS)
The R4bn trade balance surplus ...
China-Africa: high time for a common integrated African policy on China
31 Oct 17 NewsThe Institute for Global Dialogue, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Wits Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP) held a one-day symposium at the University of...
With fast-growing youth population, Africa boasts enormous market potential – UN deputy chief
19 Oct 17 NewsAfrican countries individually represent relatively small markets, but collectively, they represent enormous market potential, the United Nations deputy chief told an Africa Week e...
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22 Sep 17 NewsIn this week’s tralac’s e-Newsletter: Talkmore Chidede discusses a recent suit filed by Zimbabwe invoking the SADC Finance and Investment Protocol
Yesterday’s African Union ...
Connecting African, Chinese businesses to boost trade and investment
18 Sep 17 NewsThrough the Partnership for Investment and Growth in Africa (PIGA) project, companies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia are doing business with Chinese investors.
African ...
South-South cooperation key to overcoming inequalities, says UN deputy chief
15 Sep 17 NewsUnderscoring the importance of South-South cooperation, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on 12 September 2017 urged sustained commitment to mutually beneficia...
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14 Sep 17 NewsFeatured @AUTradeIndustry tweet (from the ongoing BIAT conference in Tanzania): Intra-Africa Trade would double from the current level of ~$170bn per year to almost $400bn by addre...
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08 Sep 17 Newstralac’s Weekly e-newsletter is posted: The battle over safeguards on poultry imports from the EU continues
Profiled African trade and industrial policy events:
(i) Growing bus...
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07 Sep 17 NewsFeatured tweet, @MaureenAAchieng (IOM Ethiopia Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA, IGAD): @AUC_DPA Continental free movement in Africa is a step closer after 3 days o...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Boosting trade opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa
07 Sep 17 NewsDespite the recent discourse about ‘Africa rising’, the continent’s growth and development prospects remain challenging.
Optimism about Africa’s future was based largely o...