tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Dec 18 NewsStarting tomorrow:
Ministerial Retreat, in Nairobi, on trade facilitation in the EAC: ministers are expected to adopt a declaration of policy objectives for a regional trade f...
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Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair to drive continent’s development of export manufacturing
12 Dec 18 NewsThe first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held on the continent opened on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 in Cairo, Egypt with the President of the African Export-Import ...
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Investor-state dispute settlement in Africa and the AfCFTA Investment Protocol
11 Dec 18 BlogAfrican countries have frequently appeared as respondents before international arbitration tribunals for violating their investment treaty obligations, mostly provisions on expropr...
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At closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development
07 Dec 18 NewsEconomic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable and inclusive development that reduce poverty and inequality in a...
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06 Dec 18 NewsGetting to 22: Namibia, South Africa ratify the AfCFTA
@AmbMuchanga: More great news on AfCFTA ratification! The National Assembly of Namibia has approved the ratification of ...
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South African Parliament approves the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
06 Dec 18 NewsThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has welcomed the ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by Parliament.
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AEC2018: Africa’s private sector can be major driver for regional integration
06 Dec 18 NewsAfrica’s growing and vibrant private sector can be a major driver of the regional integration across the continent, according to leading experts at the ongoing 2018 African Econo...
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tralac in the news ~ AEC2018: Moving the AfCFTA agreement ahead with quick win solutions
05 Dec 18 NewsA total of 44 African nations signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade Area agreement earlier this year, with only 12 out of the required 22 countries ratifying the accor...
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04 Dec 18 NewsSome keynote, Q1 2019, African trade policy discussions to diarise:
Trade Policy Review for the East African Community (20, 22 March 2019, Geneva). This will be the only Afric...
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AEC2018: African countries must leverage their strengths to accelerate drive towards integration
04 Dec 18 NewsParticipants at the 13th African Economic Conference have called for African countries to leverage the full range of their strengths and resources to accelerate the ...
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AEC2018: Africa must focus on its big resource – its young people, experts urge
04 Dec 18 NewsProfessor Paul Collier, one of the world’s most influential development economists, warns that Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, an...
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African Economic Conference 2018 focuses on Africa Visa Openness and integration
03 Dec 18 NewsFor millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations o...
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30 Nov 18 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUTradeIndustry:
“Great and welcome news. Getting closer to 22. Senegalese cabinet last night adopted draft law authorizing ratification of AfCFTA A...
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African Union Commission and the United States commit to advance efforts towards stability and development in Africa
30 Nov 18 NewsThe African Union (AU) Commission and the United States of America convened the 6th annual High-Level Dialogue at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa on 29 November 2018.
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29 Nov 18 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @GovUganda: Today (Wednesday) the Instrument of Uganda’s ratification of the AfCFTA was officially handed over to the African Union Commission. Uganda...
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Uganda deposits its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on the AfCFTA
29 Nov 18 NewsThe Instrument of Uganda’s ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement was officially handed over to the African Union Commission on Wednesday, 28 ...
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African countries are becoming more open to each other, 2018 Africa Visa Openness Report shows
28 Nov 18 NewsAfrican countries on average are becoming more open to each other, with indications that travel within the continent is getting easier.
The year 2018 is a landmark chapter in Afri...
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Committees are cornerstone of pan-African trade dream, NTFC Forum hears
28 Nov 18 NewsNational trade facilitation committees can make the dream of seamless African trade a reality, experts tell Addis Ababa forum on easing the flow of goods on the continent.
The dre...
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27 Nov 18 NewsDiarise: Role of capital markets in mobilizing domestic resources in Africa – a capacity building workshop (5-7 December, Gaborone). Download the concept note (pdf)
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Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head
27 Nov 18 NewsCompetitive transport, logistics and foreign investment are essential to ease intra-African commerce and reap rewards of new deal, meeting hears.
Smoothing the way for African tra...
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