Tag: Competitiveness
Export Competitiveness, Export Diversification and Deindustrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
29 Feb 24 BlogSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a large, resource-rich region but one which lags the global aggregate in terms of industrialisation. This is of concern not least because of the develop...
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18 Jun 20 NewsMainstreaming gender in key e-commerce policy areas: possible lessons for AfCFTA (CUTS)
In particular, the study aims to: (i) outline key policy areas for the promotion of e-comme...
Reviving FDI flows is crucial to economic recovery in developing economies
18 Jun 20 NewsRebuilding Investor Confidence in Times of Uncertainty
The damage has been done: COVID-19 has dealt the global economy its most severe blow since the Second World War, c...
Patterns of Comparative Advantage in Africa: Assessing Similarities and Differences
15 Nov 19 PublicationsThis trade brief applies several unsupervised statistical learning methodologies to determine the extent to which the nations of Africa converge (or diverge) in terms of their expo...
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15 Nov 19 NewsNigeria to form border force with neighbors Benin and Niger to fight smuggling (Reuters)
Nigeria and neighboring countries Benin and Niger have agreed to set up a joint border pat...
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31 Oct 19 NewsDavid Luke, Gerald Masila: A trip to Seme-Krake - mending the cracks in the Benin-Nigeria trade relationship (UNECA)
A single trip to the Seme-Krake border and surounding trade ro...
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25 Sep 19 NewsTributes continue to pour in following the death of Nigeria's chief trade negotiator and one of the AfCFTA's architects, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. A selection:
(i) Dav...
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20 Sep 19 NewsKeynote African trade policy discussions yesterday in Kampala:
(i) African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs: The entry into force of the Agreement ...
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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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31 May 19 NewsDiarise:
(i) G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy (8-9 June, Tsukuba, Japan). Tsukuba, the ministerial meeting’s host city, is known as Japan’s le...
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11 Apr 19 NewsApplications for UNCTAD’s online course on Trade and Gender for COMESA (pdf) close on 28 April. The course will be held from 20 May to 14 July.
Today, in Cairo: The road to Niam...
How will South Africa engage the Region, the Continent and the World?
01 Mar 19 BlogIn the African context, South Africa is a trading nation. What does the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2019 say about South Africa’s trade policy? President Ramaphosa emphasi...
Safety, competitiveness, infrastructure key to aviation’s benefits in Africa
30 Nov 18 NewsThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in Africa to maximize the positive social and economic power of aviation by working together to promote safe, s...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the inaugural Africa Investment Forum
08 Nov 18 NewsKeynote address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Opening Plenary
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to South Africa for this, the inaugural Africa Investment Forum.
I w...
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05 Nov 18 NewsProfiled African trade and investment conferences:
(i) Starting today
In London: ODI’s Africa’s rising debt conference. Conference agenda, Briefing paper (pdf), Twitter hasht...
Uganda: 9th Annual Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Sector Review Conference
05 Nov 18 NewsEnhancing Competitiveness of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises for National Export Development
Speech by Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperat...
Nigerian states step up reform agenda to improve business climate for domestic firms, World Bank report finds
19 Oct 18 NewsNigerian states are making strides to improve the ease of doing business for domestic small and medium enterprises, finds the latest edition of the World Bank’s Doing Business in...
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17 Oct 18 NewsAfrican trade policy events now underway:
In Nairobi: The 6th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation
In Brazzaville: Republic of Congo, UNECA work...
Changing nature of competitiveness poses challenges for future of the global economy
17 Oct 18 NewsThe WEF’s annual study on the global economy finds a competitiveness landscape radically altered by the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The changing nature of economi...
African Development Bank approves strategy to accelerate transformation of Eastern Africa
15 Oct 18 NewsThe African Development Bank has approved the East Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) laying out the roadmap for accelerating regional integration in the Region with...