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The Secretariat is pivotal to the success of the AfCFTA

The Secretariat is pivotal to the success of the AfCFTA

17 Aug 20  Blog
A recent World Bank study emphasises the importance of implementation and the reduction of ‘red tape and simplification of customs procedures’ as key to the success of the AfCF...
In wake of COVID-19, African Union to keep AfCFTA on track with digital technology

In wake of COVID-19, African Union to keep AfCFTA on track with digital technology

16 Aug 20  News
Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has shifted most of its activities online. In this contex...
Commemoration of the first edition of Africa Integration Day: Closing remarks by H.E. Amb Albert M. Muchanga, AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry

Commemoration of the first edition of Africa Integration Day: Closing remarks by H.E. Amb Albert M. Muchanga, AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry

10 Jul 20  News
We have come to the end of our 1 week commemoration of the first edition of Africa Integration Day, which as you all will agree with me was a big success, considering the COVID-19 ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

10 Jul 20  News
Diarise: 2020 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings (12-18 October) Next stages of WTO DG selection process: General Council Chair Walker announces timelines Commemoration of the first ...
UK still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa

UK still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa

10 Jul 20  News
The International Relations and Defence Committee has published its report on ‘The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation’. The repot critic...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

08 Jul 20  News
Joint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day (African Union) Joint Statement of the Chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, The African Continent...
Joint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day

Joint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day

07 Jul 20  News
Joint Statement of the Chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, The African Continental Free Trade Area Champion and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the...
Youth in trade and trade governance in Africa

Youth in trade and trade governance in Africa

03 Jul 20  Blog
Trade supported by improvements in trade governance can contribute to reducing inequalities by distributing benefits more equally across all segments of the society. Meaningful par...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

02 Jul 20  News
African Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccines (ReliefWeb) In a communique issued following the ‘Africa’...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

01 Jul 20  News
Diarise: As part of the AU’s commemoration of Africa Integration Day 2020, tralac will on 4 July host a webinar, Leveraging the AfCFTA for Africa’s development – Lessons from...
The European Union Supports Africa’s COVID-19 Continental Response

The European Union Supports Africa’s COVID-19 Continental Response

01 Jul 20  News
The European Union (EU) has provided EUR 10 million towards the implementation of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak. The funding is the initial contributi...
Beyond SDGs: The role of African youth in reaping demographic dividends

Beyond SDGs: The role of African youth in reaping demographic dividends

29 Jun 20  Blog
A good starting point in the discourse on youth is how to define the population group that is considered youth. This is because there exists no globally accepted definition of the ...
African Union Reforms

African Union Reforms

28 Jun 20  Resource
COVID-19: African Union Chair, President Ramaphosa launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, Africa’s Unified Continental Response to fight the pandemic

COVID-19: African Union Chair, President Ramaphosa launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, Africa’s Unified Continental Response to fight the pandemic

18 Jun 20  News
The African Union Chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, today launched the ‘Africa Medical Supplies Platform’ adopted as a single online marketplace to enabl...
Communique of the video-teleconference meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government with Chairpersons of the AU RECs

Communique of the video-teleconference meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government with Chairpersons of the AU RECs

17 Jun 20  News
His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) convened a video-teleconference Meeting of the Bureau ...
tralac’s Daily News selection

tralac’s Daily News selection

03 Jun 20  News
The AfDB has posted its North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper 2020-2026 The North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP-NA) 2020-2026 has been designed to su...
tralac’s Daily News selection

tralac’s Daily News selection

25 May 20  News
Trudi Hartzenberg: Some reflections on Africa Day 2020, COVID-19 and the AfCFTA We will all remember Africa Day 2020. Africa Day, which we have been celebrating on 25 May each yea...
COVID-19 must enable a new Africa – President Ramaphosa

COVID-19 must enable a new Africa – President Ramaphosa

25 May 20  News
Africa has marked the 57th Africa Day amid the Coronavirus pandemic with African Union Chair, President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling on the continent to use the global crisis as a...
Africa Regional Integration Index says continent can build more resilient economies through integration

Africa Regional Integration Index says continent can build more resilient economies through integration

22 May 20  News
The second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019) was launched Friday by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the African Union Commiss...
African regional responses to COVID-19

African regional responses to COVID-19

19 May 20  News
There is widespread recognition that the novel coronavirus is a global challenge. In order to contain the virus and address its devastating secondary effects, global collective act...

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