Tag: Digital economy
T20 Africa Conference Communiqué: Africa and the G20 – Building alliances for sustainable development
13 Feb 17 NewsIntroduction
For the first time since the establishment of the Think20 (T20) process, Think Tanks from across Africa have met with T20 Think Tanks on African soil to discuss the G...
Uganda Economic Update: Let’s solve the finance puzzle to accelerate growth and shared prosperity
09 Feb 17 NewsThe days of queuing up at the bank for a teller are numbered. More Ugandans are accessing cash at their convenience – at point of sale, and also via automated teller machines, th...
Leveraging services and digital potential for inclusive economic growth
30 Jan 17 NewsThe development of well-functioning and efficient services sectors is crucial to achieving structural transformation and sustainable and inclusive growth in LDCs and LICs.
Further...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
26 Jan 17 NewsAU Summit briefings today in Addis:
Mrs Rhoda Peace Tumusiime (Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture): Strengthening mutual accountability to achieve CAADP/Malabo go...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
25 Jan 17 NewsAU Summit press conferences today in Addis: Mrs Fatima Haram Acyl (Commissioner for Trade and Industry): ‘The Continental Free Trade Area: an opportunity for job creation in Afri...
Data, ICT developments and the Continental Free Trade Area
18 Jan 17 DiscussionTarik Oguz, tralac Research Advisor – Information and Communication Technologies, comments on the inaugural UN World Data Forum held in Cape Town and the ongoing CFTA negotiation...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Jan 17 NewsStarting, Sunday, in Cape Town: the inaugural UN World Data Forum
Learning to Compete: evidence on exporting and firm-level performance (UNU-WIDER)
This Special Issue by the Jour...
Harnessing automation for a future that works
13 Jan 17 NewsAutomation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds...
New ‘Aspiring Africa’ narrative fuelled by technology growth
13 Jan 17 NewsThe ‘Africa Rising’ narrative is increasingly giving way to that of ‘Aspiring Africa’, as the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) shrinks and the new middle class burgeons.
Central ...
How creating new markets can change the future of development finance
13 Jan 17 News
As recently as two decades ago, it was nearly impossible to find a home with a telephone in sub-Saharan Africa. Just one person in a hundred owned a fixed line; for everyone else...
Under-employed, under-inclusive and under threat: the World in 2017
12 Jan 17 NewsTrends such as rising income inequality and societal polarization triggered political change in 2016 and could exacerbate global risks in 2017 if urgent action is not taken, accord...
Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2017
11 Jan 17 News2017 holds promise for Africa. Despite the troubles of 2016 – political turmoil in the Gambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, continuing violence in South Sudan and Nig...
Technology and innovation
04 Jan 17 ThemesInnovation and new technologies are key drivers of economic growth in today’s globalised economy. Promoting innovation has thus become a critical regional and national policy obj...
The protection of personal information and cross-border data flows
14 Dec 16 DiscussionAshly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the regulation of movement of data across borders and South Africa’s new privacy protection regime
On 1 December 2016 South Afri...
WTO Public Forum debates role of digital economy in facilitating inclusive trade
29 Sep 16 NewsThe digital economy can create opportunities for inclusive trade but the right conditions must be in place for it to flourish, speakers at the WTO Public Forum stressed. Over 20 se...
Moving money across borders in the SADC region
20 Jul 16 PublicationsUnder the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Finance and Investment Protocol, Annex 6 provides for cooperation on payment, clearing and settlement systems. The subco...
E-trade and electronic payments
20 Jul 16 DiscussionAshly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the launch of the e-Trade for All initiative at UNCTAD 14 and the opportunities for e-commerce development in Africa
On 18 July th...
Bringing SMEs onto the e-commerce highway
31 May 16 NewsITC publication explores transformative effect of e-commerce sets out challenges and opportunities for SMEs
E-commerce across borders is transforming the business world in develop...
Data protection regulations and international data flows: Implications for trade and development
19 Apr 16 NewsData protection frameworks must be compatible with international data flows for developing countries to benefit from the global digital economy
National and regional legal framewo...
Harnessing emerging technological breakthroughs for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
18 Jan 16 NewsEffective global partnerships, sufficient financing and close cooperation between Governments and the private sector will be indispensable to harness the evolving global innovation...