Tag: AfCFTA
‘A Business Guide to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement’ launched at WEDF Zambia
11 Sep 18 NewsITC publication provides guidance for African businesses on how to best take advantage of the Continental Free Trade Area Agreement
The International Trade Centre (ITC) today rele...
AU, RECs coordination underpins successful implementation of ACFTA
11 Sep 18 NewsCloser coordination between the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities underpins the successful implementation of both the Continental and the Tripartite Free Trade Ar...
New report highlights promising signs of export diversification in African agricultural trade
06 Sep 18 NewsA new report highlights the role agricultural trade plays in Africa and draws out important policy measures that African governments will need to take to benefit fully from intra-A...
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31 Aug 18 NewsEthiopian trade, industrial policy updates:
(i) Ethiopia’s PM appoints new policy reforms advisor, chief trade negotiator (ECADF). Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has assigned Mamo Mi...
A gender agenda: South Africa’s tourism trade
30 Aug 18 BlogSouth Africa has a sophisticated framework for gender equality. Equality is enshrined in the constitution, and legal protections and institutions are in place. Despite this, gender...
Promoting Women’s Participation in the AfCFTA
29 Aug 18 BlogThe recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali on 21 March 2018 marked a momentous occasion in trade policy discourse in Africa. The Agreement seeks to cre...
tralac’s new short course: Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development
24 Aug 18 Eventtralac recently concluded its first certificate training programme on International Trade Law and Policy in the 21st Century, from an African development perspective. Following the...
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23 Aug 18 NewsLaunched today, in Busia: Cross Border Co-operation Coalition and Campaign. The coalition will consolidate efforts and voices of borderland CSOs to advocate for more enabling cross...
Implementing the AfCFTA: Obligations, Qualifications and Exceptions
22 Aug 18 PublicationsThe launching ceremony of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 21 March 2018 at the Extra-ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda was a major dip...
One-stop border post will boost trading
21 Aug 18 NewsSouthern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area
As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange-listed exporter of food and beverages i...
Africa set for a massive free trade area
20 Aug 18 NewsExperts say the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a game changer
Following the unveiling of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018...
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13 Aug 18 NewsNew from tralac
tralacBlog: Trudi Hartzenberg and Gerhard Erasmus reflect on select trade-related matters currently on the SADC agenda
tralacBlog: John Stuart asks, ...
The case for an integrated African market – the costs of ‘non-AfCFTA’
13 Aug 18 NewsThe signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on March 21 in Kigali by 44 countries represented a milestone towards achieving the long-standing goal of creat...
TradesCape: the AfCFTA Agreement is set to enter into force by early 2019
10 Aug 18 NewsSouth Africa signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) on 1 July 2018. What does this mean in practical terms?
Wesgro recently hosted a seminar, in partner...
Africa in a changing global financing architecture
10 Aug 18 NewsECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe was a special guest at the 41st Symposium of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 5-9 Augus...
ECA promotes use of disruptive technology to enhance financial inclusion in Africa
08 Aug 18 NewsThe United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inc...
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06 Aug 18 NewsThe 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf)
The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...
Trade under Africa bloc will create ‘respect’
06 Aug 18 NewsThe East African Community should channel its resources to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as an alternative to pacts with Europe, Asia and t...
Annual meetings of African Caucus for the World Bank, IMF kick off
06 Aug 18 NewsAnnual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) kicked off on Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh under the patr...
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01 Aug 18 NewsStarting today, in Addis Ababa: AfCFTA negotiations on Rules of Origin (1-11 August)
Diarise: 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC (17-18 August, Wind...