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02 Dec 19 NewsThe African Economic Conference 2019 began today in Sharm el-Sheikh. The theme: Jobs, entrepreneurship and capacity development for African youths. Concept note (pdf):
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26 Nov 19 NewsRequest for observer status by the African Union at the WTO
The following communication, dated 22 November 2019, addressed to the Chair of the General Council and the Director-Gen...
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20 Nov 19 NewsDiarise: Sustainable development, sustainable debt: finding the right balance (2 December, Dakar). The conference, convened by the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal and t...
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12 Nov 19 NewsTrade and development events to diarise:
Africa Forum on Mining (13 November, Accra). The forum will launch a regional platform, where African countries, regional organizatio...
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24 Oct 19 NewsDoing Business 2020: Sub-Saharan Africa
Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa continued to improve their business climates, with the region’s largest economy, Nigeria, earning a place...
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22 Oct 19 NewsEnabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 (World Bank)
Four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the top ten reformers worldwide promoting favorable regulations for farmers i...
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16 Oct 19 NewsAfrican trade policy events to diarise:
The first meeting of the AfCFTA Council of Ministers responsible for trade takes place next week in Addis Ababa (24-25 October). It wil...
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11 Oct 19 NewsCommonwealth trade ministerial: Reform WTO and resist protectionism
Following a meeting in London, ministers from the 53 Commonwealth member countries declared their collective su...
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10 Oct 19 NewsAfrica’s Pulse (World Bank)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic performance has remained sluggish, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of refo...
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23 Sep 19 NewsFeatured tweet, Yinka Adeyemi: Chiedu Osakwe, Nigeria's chief trade negotiator, who chaired the Africa process that yielded the AfCFTA in Rwanda is dead. Was a global authority on ...
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18 Sep 19 NewsESAAMLG from Arusha to Ezulwini: Looking back and looking ahead (ESAAMLG)
The report, ESAAMLG from Arusha to Ezulwini (1999-2019): Looking back and looking ahead (pdf), appropria...
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16 Sep 19 NewsAfCFTA sensitisation workshops: Malawi, Kenya
Malawi to host AfCFTA sensitization workshops. The Ministry of Trade and Tourism, in partnership with the ECA and the AUC, is org...
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10 Sep 19 NewsProfiled EAC trade and regional integration policy events starting today:
EAC experts meeting on the AfCFTA
Extraordinary meeting of the Sectoral Council on Trade, Investment, Fi...
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04 Sep 19 NewsLaunched today in Accra: The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor is being published at a critical moment for both international trade r...
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26 Aug 19 NewsVictor Harison, Mario Pezzini: Firms must drive Africa’s transformation (Project Syndicate)
But if the AfCFTA is to fulfill its promise, African firms will need to prepare for a...
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22 Aug 19 NewsThe East African Business Council convened a workshop today in Nairobi to review the EAC’s Common External Tariff. Selected tweeted highlights:
@KEPSA_KENYA: The workshop is exp...
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26 Jul 19 NewsIs the AfCFTA practical?: a CNBC interview with Rudi Steinbach (World Bank Africa specialist)
Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa (IMF)
This paper attempts to shed l...
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16 Jul 19 NewsKenya: Ruto, Raila jointly launch national export strategy (The Standard)
Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition chief Raila Odinga yesterday launched a national export stra...
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12 Jul 19 NewsDiarise:
Uganda-Tanzania Business Forum (4-5 September, Dar es Salaam). The business forum, to be presided over by President Museveni and Tanzania president John Magufuli, wil...
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26 Jun 19 NewsThe role of rules of origin in boosting intra-African trade: a CNBC interview with Junior Davis, chief of UNCTAD’s Africa Section
AfDB voting powers, as at 31 May 2019.
Key reg...
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