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14 Jun 19 NewsTanzania’s President Magufuli will assume the chairmanship of SADC in mid-August. Important dates to note: Fourth SADC Industrialization Week (22-26 July, Dar es Salaam); SADC Co...
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13 Jun 19 NewsToday is Budget Day across East Africa.
Selected country previews: Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
African trade policy events to diarise:
25th African Organisation for Standard...
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
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Huawei: Trade War is escalating into a Tech War
11 Jun 19 BlogThe inter-connected nature (and vulnerability) of the global trading system was dramatically demonstrated with the announcement on 15 May 2019 by the US Commerce Department that co...
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Africa in the Digital Economy: Update
11 Jun 19 PublicationsThe digital economy is now the economy. This refers to the permeation of digital technologies into practically all spheres of business, finance, trade, education and government. Wh...
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10 Jun 19 NewsA selection of African trade and development events to diarise:
The 2019-2020 Mauritius Budget was presented to the National Assembly today. Download the full Budget Speech on the...
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05 Jun 19 NewsWorld Bank's June 2019 Global Economic Prospects: Global growth to weaken to 2.6% in 2019
Growth among advanced economies as a group is anticipated to slow in 2019, especially in ...
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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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30 May 19 NewsThe AfCFTA Agreement is now in force: selected perspectives
@AmbMuchanga: Historic milestone! AfCFTA Agreement has today come into force. We celebrate the triumph of bold, pragmat...
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27 May 19 NewsT20 communique for G20 Leaders: extracts from recommendations from Task Force 5 on Cooperation with Africa (pdf)
Agree on a unified approach towards macroeconomic stability ...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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15 May 19 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2020 (1-7 September 2020, Kigali)
World Export Development Forum 2019 (18-22 November 2019, Addis Ababa)....
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14 May 19 NewsAn explanatory video on the AfCFTA, produced by the ECA_Official Video Channel: How will it benefit us in practice?
“Honour Ghana with AfCFTA Secretariat for sacrifices made tow...
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DDG Wolff highlights role of WTO in facilitating agri-food chains
14 May 19 NewsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) rules-based framework benefits farmers and other participants in nascent and developing agri-food value chains by facilitating their daily op...
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09 May 19 NewsTwo to Tango: An evaluation of World Bank Group support to fostering regional integration (World Bank)
This evaluation assesses the Bank Group’s effectiveness and comparative ad...
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30 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update
The AfCFTA Agreement will enter into force on 30 May: update from AUC
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, flanked by the AU Comm...
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29 Apr 19 NewsDITE for Africa: Introducing the AU’s Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative. Download the concept note
AfCFTA updates:
This week in Arusha, Tanzani...
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24 Apr 19 NewsOn hosting the AfCFTA Secretariat: Eswatini walking tightrope to become Africa’s trade hub (Yenisfak)
At a breakfast meeting with the local business community, prime minister Am...
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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...
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Africa’s Pulse: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below three percent three years after crisis
09 Apr 19 NewsDigital revolution can unlock inclusive growth and job creation across Africa
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3 percent for 2018, down from 2.5 percent in 20...
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