Tag: African Union
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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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
South African government steps up the pace of African trade integration
06 Jun 19 NewsIn a step to boost the newly-approved African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), South Africa will be participating in a meeting of African Ministers of Trade in Ethiopia. ...
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03 Jun 19 NewsDiarise:
The Tripartite Sectoral Ministerial Committee (6 June, Addis Ababa)
African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) meeting (7-8 June, Addis Ababa)
Underway in Kigali: Af...
AfCFTA one year later: The road travelled and the road towards the launch of the Operational Phase
03 Jun 19 NewsIn this commemorative article, the African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry outlines what has been achieved since the AfCFTA Agreement was opened for signature on 21st Mar...
The proposed AfCFTA online non-tariff barrier reporting, monitoring and eliminating mechanism
17 May 19 BlogHow will it work? What are stakeholders expecting from this mechanism?
The AFCFTA enters into force on 30th May 2019 with high expectations from the continental stakeholders parti...
The AfCFTA: What enters into force now and what does it mean?
17 May 19 BlogOn 29 April 2019, Sierra Leone and the Saharawi Republic deposited their instruments of ratification of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)....
Capacity Building Workshop on Stakeholder Engagement on African Trade Policies and ECOWAS Regional Trade Policy Dialogue Forum
15 May 19 EventThe African Union Commission (AUC), in partnership with the ECOWAS Commission and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), organized a Capacity Building Wor...
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14 May 19 NewsAn explanatory video on the AfCFTA, produced by the ECA_Official Video Channel: How will it benefit us in practice?
“Honour Ghana with AfCFTA Secretariat for sacrifices made tow...
West Africa’s ICE focuses on demographic dynamics for sustainable development in the region
13 May 19 NewsThe 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of senior officials and Experts (ICE) for West Africa concluded in Liberia on 10 May 2019. It was held under the theme, Dem...
The Institutional Design of the AfCFTA
06 May 19 PublicationsWhy do international trade arrangements have their own institutions? What do these institutions do and how important are they for delivering the intended outcomes? This paper discu...
AfCFTA Agreement secures minimum threshold of 22 ratifications for entry into force
29 Apr 19 NewsThe Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, flanked by the AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry, His Excellency Albert Muchanga, received two (2) deposit...
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29 Apr 19 NewsDITE for Africa: Introducing the AU’s Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative. Download the concept note
AfCFTA updates:
This week in Arusha, Tanzani...