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10 Oct 19 NewsAfrica’s Pulse (World Bank)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic performance has remained sluggish, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of refo...
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13 Sep 19 NewsThe Third Ordinary Session of the AU’s STC on Communication and ICT starts in Addis Ababa on Monday. Profiled event document: The draft digital transformation strategy for Africa...
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11 Sep 19 NewsAfrican Leapfrog Index: Getting Lions to Leapfrog
With financial support from the Mastercard Impact Fund, the African Leapfrog Index – which was launched during the World Econom...
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06 Sep 19 NewsDomestic resource mobilization: fighting against corruption and illicit financial flows (African Union)
IFFs are widespread and secretive by nature. No one quite knows how to quan...
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05 Sep 19 NewsDiarise
African trade and regional integration events:
25th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts of Southern Africa: Strategies and poli...
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04 Sep 19 NewsLaunched today in Accra: The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor is being published at a critical moment for both international trade r...
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03 Sep 19 NewsWEF Africa 2019 starts tomorrow in Cape Town: more than 50 head of states set to attend. Access the programme here.
A: Profiled WEF Africa commentaries
Oxfam’s Winnie Byan...
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30 Aug 19 NewsTICAD7: outcome documents
Yokohama Declaration 2019: Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and Innovation
We underscore the importance of private secto...
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22 Aug 19 NewsThe East African Business Council convened a workshop today in Nairobi to review the EAC’s Common External Tariff. Selected tweeted highlights:
@KEPSA_KENYA: The workshop is exp...
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20 Aug 19 NewsNext month, UNU-WIDER, in partnership with the Brookings Institution, launches its inaugural Massive Open Online Course: Industrial Policy and the Challenge for Africa
An intervie...
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06 Aug 19 News4th SADC Industrialisation Week: selected updates
President Magufuli pushes for intra-African trade. Opening the 4th SADC Industrialisation Week and Exhibition in Dar es Salaa...
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05 Aug 19 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the 2019 AGOA Forum began to today in Abidjan: selected updates
The theme of this year’s Forum is AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade para...
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Leveraging the Trade Information Dividend for Africa
01 Aug 19 BlogIn the world of economics and trade, information is key. Economists refer to the ‘making’ of markets, which means the way in which market players come together to create a mark...
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Initial Assessments of Africa’s New Trade Information Portals
31 Jul 19 PublicationsOver the past few years, various African countries have established trade information/intelligence portals to facilitate trade through transparency and sharing of information. This...
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29 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: The launch of UNCTAD’s Digital Economy Report 2019 (4 August)
Featured infographic, @martinslabber: “Good news, as South Africa’s total trade with Germany increases...
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26 Jul 19 NewsIs the AfCFTA practical?: a CNBC interview with Rudi Steinbach (World Bank Africa specialist)
Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa (IMF)
This paper attempts to shed l...
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25 Jul 19 NewsThe future of work in Africa: Harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all (World Bank)
This companion report to the World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature...
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24 Jul 19 NewsSpecial issue on US-SSA trade and investment
The public hearing, US Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and new developments, takes place today, 24 July, in ...
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22 Jul 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, from @ch_nji: “It’s done, Cameroon has ratified the AfCFTA today, 19 July 2019. Instrument of ratification to be deposited with the depository in th...
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19 Jul 19 NewsWomen’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa: A Gates Foundation report prepared for the G7 French Presidency (pdf)
This report profiles five pillars for extending digital fina...
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