Tag: Trade finance
Expert Group Meeting on Trade Finance: Informal report by the WTO Secretariat
08 Mar 19 NewsIntroduction
The objective of the February 2019 meeting was twofold: (i) to take stock of the current market situation; (ii) discuss progress on initiatives aimed at addressing th...
ECA hosts Trade Finance for Female Entrepreneurs workshop at IATF 2018
17 Dec 18 NewsFemale entrepreneurs around the globe typically face greater barriers to accessing trade finance than their male counterparts, more so in the developing world where cultural norms ...
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23 Oct 18 NewsThe Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, Accelerating Africa conference, began today in Toronto
Starting tomorrow, in Kigali: The 2018 Mid-Term Review of the African Development Fun...
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12 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
(i) COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme: validation workshop for cross border road transport agreements, model laws and regulations (2...
China Development Bank, Afreximbank in $500m agreement to support Africa’s trade infrastructure
10 Sep 18 NewsChina Development Bank (CDB) on 6 September 2018 in Changsha, China, signed an agreement providing a $500-million facility to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to enable...
Africa Needs A Continental Transport Bank
18 Jul 18 NewsMr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of National Forum for Equity on Tuesday suggested to African leaders to consider establishing a Maritime or Transport bank as part of their acceler...
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18 Jul 18 NewsUnderway, in Addis: IFF Working Group meeting. Operating as the technical arm of the Consortium to Stem Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, the meeting brought together 17 African...
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23 May 18 NewsFeatured AfDB policy document: Industrialize Africa – strategies, policies, institutions & financing
Extract from the introductory remarks, by Joe Stiglitz:
In the developi...