Tag: African Union
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20 Nov 23 NewsClimate Action Key to Kenya’s Upper-Middle-Income Country Aspirations (World Bank)
Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. With...
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03 Oct 23 NewsSouth Africa mulls trade options as bird flu hits poultry supply (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s government is assessing trade measures and the possibility of vaccination to ease sho...
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02 Oct 23 NewsSA agriculture grows sector at international show (Freight News)
South Africa is participating in the sixth International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animal Resources being held...
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21 Sep 23 NewsKenya targets China imports in new tax evasion crackdown (The East African)
Chinese imports are set for tighter scrutiny as President William Ruto’s government intensifies a pur...
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11 Sep 23 NewsSA losing $62bn a year due to illicit financial flows (Moneyweb)
South Africa is losing more than $62 billion a year because of illicit financial flows (IFFs), which could be used...
Status of AfCFTA Ratification
06 Sep 23 InfographicsAccording to Article 23 of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), entry into force occurs 30 days after the 22nd instrument of ratificati...
AfCFTA Update, August 2023
13 Aug 23 PublicationsThe implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement may start soon. In this Update, we remind readers of what the legal instruments of the AfCFTA provi...
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19 Jul 23 NewsSouth Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for platinum (Engineering News)
South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its “incredible” platinum group m...
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17 Jul 23 NewsSouth Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind (Engineering News)
Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adop...
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14 Jul 23 NewsTransnet container terminals remain optimistic of strong citrus season finish (Engineering News)
Average year-on-year comparisons of citrus handling volumes show a 9.2% volume inc...
What have we learned from the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative?
29 Jun 23 PublicationsDOWNLOAD PUBLICATION
During the 9th Meeting of the Council of Ministers held in July 2022, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, H...
Is the AfCFTA changing the gameplan for African integration?
27 Jun 23 PublicationsThere may be objections to the question posed in the title of this paper. Some may argue that the Abuja Treaty (adopted in 1991, before the World Trade Organisation was established...
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09 Jun 23 NewsSA’s logistics chain in ‘desperate’ need of PPPs – SAAFF (Engineering New)
Port and rail parastatal Transnet and government cannot “go it alone” to repair South Africa...
AfCFTA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
03 May 23 PublicationsWhat is the AfCFTA?
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, in addition to being a free trade area, a flagship project of the African Union (AU) in terms of Agen...
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23 Feb 23 NewsMinisters welcome 2023 Budget (SAnews)
Government Ministers have welcomed the 2023 Budget Speech, saying Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did his best to extricate the count...
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17 Feb 23 NewsTrade, Industry and Competition on Defence Export Council mission to seek export opportunities in Middle East for South African Companies (South African Government)
The Chief...
AfCFTA Institutional Arrangements will impact on the interests of Women
25 Jan 23 BlogThe policies, decisions, and measures adopted within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) institutions and in the State Parties, will impact directly on the position of...
What is the implementation of the AfCFTA about and how will Women be affected?
25 Jan 23 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement establishes a rather standard continent-wide preferential trade regime for goods and services. It does not yet contain sp...
The AfCFTA Principles and the promotion of the Interests of Women
23 Jan 23 BlogThe AfCFTA legal instruments have been negotiated in terms of founding Principles meant to steer the design and operations of the AfCFTA African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA...
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02 Dec 22 NewsLocal news
After challenging season, citrus industry moves to mitigate new and old risks (Engineering News)
South Africa’s citrus growers industry has, despite achieving a marg...