Tag: African Union

African Union member States have agreed to remove 90 per cent of their tariffs on goods over a period of between 5 and 15 years, depending on whether a country is classified as dev...

Concluding today, in Addis: Expert group meeting on the theme Poverty, inequality and jobs in Africa Diarise: 25th SWIFT African Regional Conference (20-22 June, Kigali) on the th...

Sources of Conflicts and Impediments to Silencing the Guns in Africa The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 776th meeting held on 24 May 2018 ...

Featured tweet, @AntheVrijlandt: Frank Matsaert at Africa Summit – partnership between Europe and Africa should be about mutual trade flows. Now, for every four containers import...

Commissioner Muchanga reiterates dire need for all State-Parties to establish national AfCFTA consultative and coordinating mechanisms for regular dialogue The 6th Meeting of Afri...

The African Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be shaped and implemented to enable Africa to create opportunities for its citizens; spur the continent’s industrialization age...

On May 24, 2018, the Wilson Center Africa Program hosted a discussion on “Moving Forward with the Implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area – Opportunities and C...

Launching tomorrow, in Accra: the inaugural edition of the African Sovereign Wealth Funds Index (conducted by Konfidants, in partnership with the AfroChampions Initiative and PG an...

AfCFTA awareness-raising campaign: West African tour The AfroChampions Initiative and the African Union Commission began their first roadshow to raise local entrepreneurs’ aware...

As part of its 2nd Annual Africa Day Celebration in Ottawa, the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business on 24 May 2018 held a presentation / panel discussion on the African Continental F...

Rwanda on 26 May 2018 became the third nation on the continent to deposit the instruments of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Rwanda also became the first ...

Diarise: The private sector and regional integration in Southern Africa – accelerating opportunities for investment and growth (11-13 June, Lilongwe) Selected commentaries: Pie...

The African Union Commission (AUC), Sweden, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have joined efforts to boost the number of African countries signing up to and adopting ...

African Development Bank (AfDB) updates, from Busan: Annual Report 2017, Annual Development Effectiveness Reviews 2018, Annual Meetings documentation A reminder: Meetings of senio...

African Union and EU Commissioners on 23 May 2018 adopted concrete measures to address pressing global issues in key areas such as peace and security, migration, job creation and a...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement was recently signed in Kigali, Rwanda, during the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly. The main obje...

Australia’s trade and investment relationships with Africa: update, submissions. The reporting date for the Senate inquiry has been extended to 21 June 2018. Download the submiss...

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 771st meeting held on 11 May 2018, adopted the following decision on the African Migrants Crisis: Imperative ...

Diarise: NILDS workshop on ECOWAS common currency (23 June, Abuja) Former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Board of the South C...

The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has resolved to encourage African countries to allow free trade to happen within African countries. PAP adopted a report on the African Conti...