Tag: African Union
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05 Mar 24 NewsWorkshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews)
South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...
South Africa’s participation in the Guided Trade Initiative of the AfCFTA
29 Feb 24 BlogThe negotiations to adopt the legal instruments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) were launched in 2015. Four years later the AfCFTA founding Agreement and its Pr...
Ministerial Directive 1/2021 clarifies and expands the legal basis of the AfCFTA
29 Feb 24 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in a comprehensive set of legal instruments. They have been negotiated, adopted, and ratified to ensure that the foundi...
Comparing the Abuja Treaty and the AfCFTA Agreement
29 Feb 24 BlogAfrican economic integration has a long history. Both the African Union (AU) and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was Africa’s first post-independe...
Does Africa have two trade liberalisation and economic integration strategies? Comparing the AfCFTA Agreement and the Abuja Treaty
25 Feb 24 PublicationsThe African Union does not pursue a two-track approach on African integration. Despite the differences in emphasis, levels of ambition and timeframes, both the AFCFTA Agreement and...
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23 Feb 24 NewsPremium car market outlook murky as South Africans continue to hunt for Asian bargains (Engineering News)
The South African new-car market has been shifting steadily over the last...
tralac at the Trade + Sustainability Hub 2024
22 Feb 24 EventMaking Trade Work for Africa’s Sustainable Development: The case of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
tralac, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, ...
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21 Feb 24 NewsEconomic growth to stay low over the next three years (SAnews)
South Africa’s economy is expected to grow at some 1.6% over the next three years, with real Gross Domestic Produc...
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20 Feb 24 NewsSA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News)
Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...
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19 Feb 24 NewsSouth Africa: Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments (Engineering News)
While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spendin...
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15 Feb 24 NewsVegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi)
While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...
AfCFTA Negotiations timeline
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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...