Tag: Digital economy
Connectivity and inclusiveness highlighted at opening of Aid for Trade Global Review
12 Jul 17 NewsContinued support is needed to improve connectivity, lower trading costs and increase women’s participation in trade, particularly in developing and least developed countries (LD...
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10 Jul 17 NewsFeatured infographic: Visualizing trade flows among G20 nations
Starting tomorrow, in Geneva: Sixth Global Review of Aid for Trade
Lily Sommer, Heini Suominen, David Luke: Aid fo...
Banking Commission Survey confirms trade finance supply/demand imbalance
04 Jul 17 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has released its 2017 report entitled Rethinking Trade and Finance. Based on the Global Survey on Trade Finance – w...
Businesses breaking the cycle of poverty in Kenya
26 Jun 17 NewsHow private sector can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals across the country
With almost half of all Kenyans living below the poverty line, efforts to tackle poverty and i...
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22 Jun 17 NewsCFTA update: President Issoufou Mahamadou calls upon AU Ministers of Trade to stick to the deadline establishing the CFTA
According to the Champion of the CFTA process (Pres....
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20 Jun 17 NewsProfiled trade and regional integration conferences:
Digital Economy, trade and development (21 June, Stockholm)
5th Annual Secretary General’s Forum for Private Sector, Civil...
Digital radically changes global investment patterns, says World Investment Report 2017
08 Jun 17 NewsIn the first ranking of its kind, UNCTAD report shows that three countries are home to 75% of the top 100 digital multinationals.
What did not exist in 2007? Instagram, Uber and 3...
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17 May 17 NewsFeatured infographic, @WandileSihlobo: Zambia’s 2017 maize crop is set to reach 3.6 million tonnes – a record harvest. The government has now lifted the maize export ban.
Laun...
Ransomware attacks vulnerable computers around the world and disrupts many institutions and organizations
16 May 17 NewsWhat happened?
Last Friday, May 12th, 2017, a type of malicious software code (malware in short) named Wanna Cryptor found its way to affect computers around the world that are ru...
Visa launches 4th edition of Africa Integration Index
08 May 17 NewsVisa has launched the 4th edition of its Africa Integration Index that measures the degree of economic integration with key trade corridors of sub-Saharan Africa.
Launched at the ...
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05 May 17 NewsOn Sunday, in Kigali: President Kagame hosts African foreign ministers for AU reform talks. ‘It is an opportunity to engage with Africa’s top diplomats, and others present, on ...
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04 May 17 NewsCFTA: Zambia may consider “a Brexit” (ZNBC)
President Edgar Lungu says the Continental Free Trade Area will only succeed if African countries enhance infrastructure developmen...
ECA unveils inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
04 May 17 NewsThe African Centre for Statistics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the Africa Data Revolution Report 2016, the first edition in a biennial se...
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28 Apr 17 NewsNew tralac publications: The EAC Mode 4: trade data (by Viola Sawere), Africa’s trading relationship with Japan (by Ron Sandrey), WTO: Agricultural Issues for Africa (by Ron Sand...
World Economic Forum on Africa 2017: Achieving Inclusive Growth
26 Apr 17 NewsAchieving Inclusive Growth
Durban, South Africa, 3-5 May 2017
Africa is facing a mixed outlook for growth. The economic growth forecast for the continent over the coming yea...
DG Azevêdo: E-commerce can help to improve livelihoods and boost development
26 Apr 17 NewsSpeaking at the first Ministerial Meeting of the “Friends of E-Commerce for Development” on 25 April, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that many members want to set a pat...
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21 Apr 17 NewsFeatured newsletters:
tralac: Protectionist trade policies to address the declining labour share of national income?
SWAC: SWAC/OECD Secretariat signs MOU with University of Flo...
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18 Apr 17 NewsVera Songwe, a Cameroonian economist and banking executive, is the new UNECA Executive Secretary. Ms Songwe has been working as the International Finance Corporation’s regional d...
High-level B20 Statement: Digitalization for all – Towards an inclusive interconnected world
18 Apr 17 NewsOn April 6 and 7, the G20 Digital Ministers met for the first time ever. On this occasion, the B20 issued the following statement co-signed by more than 50 leading business represe...
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13 Apr 17 NewsThis week’s tralac Newsletter: Where do African countries stand in various aspects of the Digital Economy?
High-level meeting on the future of e-commerce in developing countries...