Tag: Digital economy
Digital technologies could help Uganda’s economy recover faster
10 Jul 20 NewsUganda’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2020 is projected to be between 0.4 and 1.7% compared to 5.6% in 2019, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic...
The Wild West is Dead; Long Live Data Protection
02 Jul 20 BlogSome years ago, a major retailer in the United Kingdom was asked what happened when they introduced the Data Protection Directive of 1995 (an immense shift – almost like a sea ch...
Digital Solutions for Trade Facilitation
01 Jul 20 BlogIntroduction
Since 1947, states of the world have been working to liberalize international trade by reducing tariffs, under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and since 1...
Digitalise transport and trade procedures to ease the supply of essential goods during COVID-19 and beyond
29 Jun 20 BlogGovernments across the world have implemented measures to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Trade-related measures have been implemented particularly to ensure th...
WTO: African Group Statement on the Implications of COVID-19
26 Jun 20 NewsIntroduction
COVID-19 is an unprecedented crisis of our time – the worst global health crisis in 100 years. It threatens to disproportionately affect developing and least develo...
An Agenda for the AfCFTA Protocol on E-Commerce
25 Jun 20 BlogE-commerce has been included in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) through a decision of the African Union Heads of State and Government Assembly in February 2020[1] ...
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24 Jun 20 NewsUNCTAD’s latest Policy Brief: Making trade agreements work for gender equality - exploring data gaps and availability
SADC Council approves revised regional guidelines to ease c...
The intricacies, impact and opportunities of e-commerce for trade and development
23 Jun 20 NewsThe world is increasingly going digital. This creates both opportunities and challenges, calling for changes to existing policies and adoption of new policies in many areas. Many c...
15 Member states ready to pilot the COMESA Electronic Certificate of Origin
19 Jun 20 NewsFifteen COMESA Member States are ready to start piloting the COMESA Electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) System. The eCO is one of the latest tools developed under the COME...
Digitalizing sub-Saharan Africa: Hopes and hurdles
17 Jun 20 NewsAcross sub-Saharan Africa, digital technologies are driving change – from kids learning to code outside Niger’s capital, to drones delivering medicines to remote communities in...
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08 Jun 20 NewsAfrica eyes the world’s top trade job — but spars over its candidate (Politico)
A political heavy-hitter from Nigeria is shaking up the race to lead the World Trade Organizati...
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05 Jun 20 NewsBuhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s candidate for WTO’s DG election (Premium Times)
Nigeria has nominated a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its can...
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04 Jun 20 NewsRosa Whitaker, Stephen Lande: US trade is key to driving Africa’s post-coronavirus recovery (US News)
AGOA expires in 2025. Ideally it would be superseded by a US-Africa free tr...
Trade in the Digital Economy: a tralac collection
01 Jun 20 PublicationsAt any given moment, international trade is being transacted across Africa. The supermarket buyer emails the supplier she met at a recent trade show to place a sample order. The ca...
EAC partner states adopt the EAC Regional Electronic Cargo and Drivers Tracking System
01 Jun 20 NewsEAC Partner States have adopted the EAC Regional Electronic Cargo and Drivers Tracking System that will be hosted at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The system is expect...
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27 May 20 NewsThe inaugural virtual meeting of the Kenya-US Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Secretariat took place today, Kenya’s CS Trade and Industry Betty Maina has announced.
Ghana’s ...
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26 May 20 NewsThe AfCFTA Secretariat, through the AUC, invites qualified and competent applicants who are citizens of AU Member States to submit applications for the positions of:
Director ...
Some reflections on Africa Day 2020, COVID-19 and the AfCFTA
25 May 20 BlogWe will all remember Africa Day 2020. Africa Day, which we have been celebrating on 25 May each year since the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, and...
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20 May 20 NewsWTO goods barometer flashes red as COVID-19 disrupts world trade (WTO)
The volume of world merchandise trade is likely to fall precipitously in the first half of 2020 as the COVID...
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05 May 20 NewsWamkele Mene: Digital trade the only tool for Africa’s economic recovery (EWN)
AfCFTA secretary-general Wamkele Mene said he had gone back to the drawing board to review his pri...