Tag: AfCFTA

Local news AfreximBank earmarks $100 million to tackle Nigeria’s export challenges (The Guardian Nigeria) The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday, announced...

The ways in which developing countries industrialised post the industrial revolution have drawn attention from scholars for decades. The ‘Asian tigers’ are a group of South-Eas...

This Trade Report analyses one of the value chains identified as a development priority by the AfCFTA: the clothing, textile & leather sector (CT&L) in Africa, from the per...

Local news Zimbabwe Sanctions | Activists denounce new sanction regime (ENCA) HARARE - The United States has slapped new targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe. This is d...

This trade report deals with the possible ways African countries can benefit from the AfCFTA as that preferential trade area becomes a reality, with Mauritius as a case study. It e...

Digital trade and digitally enabled transactions of trade in goods and services have been increasing globally. In Kenya, the growth of digital trade and digitally enabled transacti...

Malawi ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 15 January 2021 and has been participating in the negotiations of trade in services liberalisation under the Pro...

The governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is essential for efficient and open markets at both the domestic, continental and international levels. In many countries, SOEs are...

On 7 July 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), formalising Nigeria as a party. After originally declining to sign the...

La ZLECA ajoute une zone de libre-échange (ZLE) supplémentaire aux accords commerciaux et d’intégration Africains existants. Elle doit prendre en compte les intérêts de cinq...

L’accord de la ZLECA est défini comme “le présent Accord établissant la Zone de Libre-Échange Continentale Africaine et ses protocoles, annexes et appendices qui en font pa...

 

Local news South Africa's Cold Chain Market is expected to generate more than Rand 45 Bn by 2026F owing to Growing Demand by End Users and Technology Upgradation: Ken Research (Ya...

Local news South Africa could lose 100 000 jobs if car manufacturing doesn’t decarbonise, Gungubele warns (Engineering News) South Africa’s manufacturing sector needs to move...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in legal instruments concluded by sovereign states. For trade in goods the AfCFTA establishes, through its Protocol on ...

African economic integration has a long history, but 10 years ago the African Union (AU) Assembly adopted a decision that put matters on a new course. This decision dealt with boos...

The AfCFTA Agreement is defined as “this Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area and its Protocols, Annexes and Appendices which shall form an integral par...

Local news Poultry industry jitters over extension to US anti-dumping tariffs (IOL) The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) will have to continue to “take one for the team...

The AfCFTA Secretariat, in a recent report entitled The Futures Report 2021: Which Value Chains for a Made in Africa Revolution, identified certain industrial sectors and sub-...