Tag: African Union
Acceptance Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on assuming the Chair of the African Union for 2020
10 Feb 20 NewsSpeech delivered at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union
I stand before you immensely humbled by this great honour ...
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10 Feb 20 NewsAU Summit updates:
Featured tweet by Prudence Sebahizi (Head of AfCFTA Interim Secretariat): Congratulations to HE Mr Wamkele Mene, SG of the AfCFTA Secretariat. Young and vibrant...
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07 Feb 20 NewsThe shortlisted candidates for General Secretary of AfCFTA: Nigeria’s Cecilia Akintomide has served as a former VP and General Secretary of the of the AfDB; South ...
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03 Feb 20 NewsAU Summit timeline
36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (6-7 February). The Executive Council will consider the draft agenda and the draft decisions and declarations...
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28 Jan 20 NewsSouth Africa’s six strategic objectives during its Chairship of the African Union: keynote address by President Ramaphosa (The Presidency)
At the same time, we are presented wit...
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22 Jan 20 NewsUnderway in Addis Ababa: The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee
For two days, the 39th Session of the PRC will consider the ...
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20 Jan 20 NewsToday, in London: The UK-Africa Investment Summit
Growth Gateway announced at UK-Africa Investment Summit
The service will help businesses access the UK government’s t...
African Union Agenda 2063
19 Dec 19 ResourceHow, according to the Founders, will the AfCFTA Agreement be implemented and the Continental Free Trade Area come about?
17 Dec 19 BlogThe objectives behind the AfCFTA are ambitious and wide-ranging. A careful reading of the texts of the founding instruments is necessary to understand the nature and sequencing of ...
Observer status for the African Union at the WTO
17 Dec 19 BlogOn 17 November 2019, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chair of the African Union Commission (AUC), sent a letter to Ms Sunanta Kangvalkulkij, Chair of the General Council of the World Trade...
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11 Dec 19 NewsGender-sensitive policy recommendations to support women cross-border traders in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia (UNCTAD)
Recommendations on Enabling Business Environment and Forma...
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09 Dec 19 NewsKey AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency)
Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...
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05 Dec 19 NewsDoing Business 2020: Selected African economy profiles
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, CAR, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, ...
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25 Nov 19 NewsA preview of the East African Business and Investment Summit (28-29 November, Arusha)
Harmonising airspace is one of the issues that the East Africa Business Council will discuss...
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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...
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 ...
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...
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...