Tag: E-Commerce
7th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Statement
23 Aug 17 NewsThe seventh meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Trade was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 1-2 August 2017.
The establishment of the BRICS e-port network, e-co...
Protectionism threat to global trade: BRICS
02 Aug 17 NewsTrade ministers from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) discussed trade facilitation, economic and technological cooperation, and the multilateral trade syst...
Jack Ma’s team of Chinese billionaires arrives in Kenya to hunt for deals
20 Jul 17 NewsJack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, jetted into Nairobi Wednesday evening, starting a packed two-day visit that peaks with a public ...
Faster, better and together: the road to inclusive e-commerce in Africa
12 Jul 17 News“Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant: Alibaba. But the creed does not only define the genesis of a...
Commonwealth African Regional Trade Consultation held in Mauritius
31 May 17 NewsAmid an unprecedented global trade slowdown, African policymakers, negotiators and trade analysts met 25-26 May 2017 in Mauritius to discuss priorities for reviving world trade and...
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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26 Apr 17 NewsWorld Economic Forum on Africa: Achieving inclusive growth (3-5 May, Durban). Profiled points for discussion (pdf): Connecting markets, Revitalizing manufacturing, Integrating inno...
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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25 Apr 17 NewsToday, in London:
International Development Committee hearing on Forced displacement and food crises in Central and East Africa
Next week, in Nairobi:
the Asian African Legal Co...
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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...
Where do African Countries stand in various aspects of the Digital Economy?
12 Apr 17 DiscussionTarik Oguz, tralac Research Advisor – ICT, discusses the growing influence of the digital economy in Africa and across the globe
Digital Economy is fast becoming “Th...
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28 Mar 17 NewsUnderway, in Cotonou: a ECONEC / ECOWAS workshop evaluating 10 years’ experience of electoral assistance in West Africa
Later this week, in Arusha, the EAC Council of ...
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24 Mar 17 NewsThe Africa Development Week opens in Dakar with a clarion call for policies that cater for youth
Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone: Youths get network for sub-regional trade ...
WTO members review further proposals to ease global trade in services
24 Mar 17 NewsWTO members discussed five new or enhanced proposals to advance services negotiations at meetings of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation and the Services Council on 14-17 Marc...
Investment facilitation, e-commerce to top BRICS meet agenda
15 Mar 17 NewsSingle window for trade facilitation to be taken up
BRICS nations will soon consider a proposal to frame ‘guiding principles’ for investment policymaking to boost investment...
Building trust and confidence for a successful digital economic era
15 Mar 17 NewsWith more than half the world expected to have Internet access in just three years, the rise of e-commerce poses challenges to countries where regulatory regimes do not provide rob...
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14 Mar 17 NewsThe AERC Senior Policy Seminar XIX, on the theme of Industrialization in Africa (pdf), ends today in Abidjan. Today’s sessions cover regional industrialisation in Africa, financi...
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10 Mar 17 Newstralac’s Weekly Newsletter is posted.
Starting on Monday:
African Alliance for E-Commerce meets in Nairobi (The Herald): Delegates from more than 18 A...
Kenya set to host key African conference on e-commerce
10 Mar 17 NewsDelegates from more than 18 African countries are due to meet in Nairobi from Monday to review Africa’s progress on implementation of Single Window System, an online cargo cleari...
WTO Members debate intellectual property and e-commerce, innovation and access to medicines
08 Mar 17 NewsThe intellectual property (IP) aspects of electronic commerce, access to medicines, and the role of IP in promoting the participation of small businesses in trade were discussed by...