Tag: COVID-19
COMESA, EAC and SADC adopt harmonised Guidelines on Trade and Transport Facilitation
30 Jul 20 NewsThe Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 29th July, 2020 adopted harmonised Tr...
COVID-19 and the gender-related economic consequences for Africa
30 Jul 20 BlogThe world is struggling to cope with the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, its impact on women, and in particular the economic impact on women in ...
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29 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: This event (30 July) will introduce Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s Equality – a joint report by the World Bank Group and the WTO. The report m...
WHO, WIPO, WTO launch updated study on access to medical technologies and innovation
29 Jul 20 NewsOn 29 July, the Directors-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO presented a new edition of the Trilateral ...
COMESA COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan underway
29 Jul 20 NewsThe COMESA Secretariat has developed a draft COVID-19 Regional Food and Nutrition Security Response Plan to improve agricultural productivity, enhance access to competitive markets...
SADC member states urged to strengthen mechanisms to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, as 45 million people across the region face increasing food insecurity
29 Jul 20 NewsA new report released by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has revealed that close to 44.8 million people in urban and rural areas across 13 Members States of South...
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28 Jul 20 NewsDavid Luke: Why trade matters for African development (LSE Africa)
The central role of trade in development requires that trade policies, trade agreements and concessional arrange...
Testing Covid-19 regulations – the threshold looks low
28 Jul 20 BlogThe South African Government’s first response to the Covid-19 pandemic was a hard lockdown, as it was called. The public response to the accompanying curtailment of rights and fr...
AfCFTA: Trade pact could boost Africa’s income by $450 billion, study finds
27 Jul 20 NewsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a major opportunity for countries to boost growth, reduce poverty, and broaden economic inclusion, a new World Bank repo...
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27 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: South Africa’s June 2020 merchandise trade statistics will be released on Friday. ABSA forecasts a merchandise trade surplus “due to a combination of weak domestic dem...
WTO report shows members moving to facilitate imports even as trade restrictions remain high
27 Jul 20 NewsWhile import-restrictive measures introduced by WTO members continued to affect a growing share of global trade, the Director-General’s latest mid-year report on trade-related de...
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24 Jul 20 NewsKenya’s Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development posts a call for consultants to provide technical assistance towards the negotiations for the proposed FTA...
Minister Patel tables Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Revised Budget Vote 2020/2021
24 Jul 20 NewsExtracts from Minister Patel’s Address to the National Assembly
During the first Budget Vote under the new Administration in July last year, Deputy Ministers Gina, Majola and I ...
Minister Patel briefs BRICS meeting on South Africa’s handling of the pandemic, outlining key lessons
24 Jul 20 NewsThe Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Ebrahim Patel participated in the 10th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting on Thursday. The Trade Ministers Meeting focused on respons...
The costs of driving smoking underground
24 Jul 20 BlogIt is not surprising that the total ban on cigarette sales in South Africa, under COVID-19 lockdown regulations, has generated a thriving black market. This impact of banning sale ...
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23 Jul 20 NewsThe 10th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting takes place today. On the agenda: responses to the corona virus outbreak, the strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2025, the Multilateral ...
Amid fears of worst recession in decades, urgent calls for solidarity, a united economic front
23 Jul 20 NewsWith multilateral cooperation under strain, senior UN officials, Nobel laureates and eminent academic experts, gathered virtually on Wednesday for the launch of a new report recomm...
EAC Partner States adopt import duty measures to boost local production amidst COVID-19 pandemic
23 Jul 20 NewsEAC Partner States, i.e. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, have adopted various measures on EAC Common External Tariff (CET) with the aim of boosting local production in...
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22 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: 27 July. Leading the way: How Africa is establishing a 21st century trade agenda
This event will introduce the new World Bank Group report: The African Continental Free T...
COVID-19 is fuelling acceleration in digital transformation in Africa
22 Jul 20 NewsThe world is increasingly going digital but much still need to be done on the continent to increase internet penetration. According to the International Telecommunication Union, in...