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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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AU AfCFTA Trade in Services Signalling Conference – Cape Town, 2-3 September 2019
12 Sep 19 Eventtralac participated in the African Union’s African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Trade in Services Signalling Conference, 2-3 September 2019
The Conference, supported by ...
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Where does the African Continental Free Trade Area stand and what is its “Operational Phase” about?
30 Aug 19 PublicationsThe standard procedure for concluding multilateral (as opposed to bilateral) International Agreements is that the texts are negotiated, adopted, signed and ratified by the required...
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Ghana organises a High-Level Policy Dialogue on Harnessing the benefits of the AfCFTA for a Ghana beyond Aid
19 Aug 19 NewsGhana prepares to host the AfCFTA Secretariat
The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and, in partnership with the Economic...
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07 Aug 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @Yadeyemi: The AU is developing a continental trade facilitation strategy with a concrete implementation plan involving ICT, logistics, SMEs, NTBs, etc, the AU told...
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01 Aug 19 NewsToday’s featured tweets, by Lily Sommer, are on the @ATPC2 and @afreximbank coordination meeting on informal cross border trade:
A single harmonised continental framework for co...
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Does the African Continental Free Trade Area mean business?
12 Jul 19 BlogWhen a large number of sovereign states launch an ambitious new free trade project and conclude binding treaties to signal their resolve, we should pay attention. If these are Afri...
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10 Jul 19 NewsUnderway, in New York: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Niamey Summit wrap, reactions
Multi-video: Africa punches below its weight when it comes to inter...
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08 Jul 19 NewsA comprehensive set of AfCFTA updates:
The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area was launched yesterday after a day-long summit of Heads of State and Govern...
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Operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area launched at Niger Summit of the African Union
08 Jul 19 NewsThe operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been launched, after a day-long summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in t...
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Recipe for AfCFTA: New report looks at ‘what’s next’ for the Continental Agreement
08 Jul 19 NewsThe ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX), titled ‘Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)’, ...
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05 Jul 19 NewsToday’s featured commentary, David Pilling (Financial Times Africa Editor): Are tech companies Africa’s new colonialists?
Ghana appears to have won the bid to host the AfCFTA ...
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03 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: Next year’s 2020 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place in Addis Ababa, 18-24 March, on the theme The future of Af...
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Joint Statement of the Coordinators’ Meeting on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the FOCAC Beijing Summit
28 Jun 19 NewsTo jointly advance the implementation of the follow-up actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit,
Coordinators from the People’s Republic of ...
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President Buhari accepts Report of the Committee to assess Impact and Readiness for the AfCFTA
28 Jun 19 NewsAddress by HE. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Formal Acceptance of the Report of the Committee to assess Impact and Readiness for the Africa...
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18 Jun 19 NewsThe US-Africa Business Summit 2019 starts today in Maputo. The event, a Corporate Council on Africa flagship conference, will be addressed by a large number of African Heads of Sta...
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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement at core of deliberations in Nairobi
18 Jun 19 NewsEnhancing Trade and Market Access for Accelerated Agriculture Transformation
“It is difficult to form a compelling vision of prosperity without a role for trade. But for the mar...
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12 Jun 19 NewsThe highlight of the opening day of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings, yesterday in Malabo, was the release of one of its flagship reports, the African Economic Outlook. An easy guide t...
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
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Ministers of trade deliberate on the operationalization of AfCFTA ahead of Niamey Summit
11 Jun 19 NewsAfrica has made commendable progress in securing deposits of instruments of ratification on the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The Agreem...
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