Tag: E-Commerce
High-level panel highlights potential of e-commerce as driver for growth and inclusion
04 Oct 18 NewsE-commerce is an increasingly growing force in global trade, with the potential to make the world economy more inclusive and provide opportunities for micro, small and medium-sized...
WTO-IMF-World Bank report: greater trade integration will boost shared prosperity
01 Oct 18 NewsA new report issued on 30 September argues that trade integration can play a larger role in boosting shared prosperity. The report, by economists from the World Trade Organization,...
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08 Aug 18 NewsTowards an EAC Regional Intellectual Property Policy: 15 August is closing date for completion of a questionnaire to inform the policy
Netpreneurs event: “Let’s make Afri...
“Let’s make Africa a digital Africa,” Jack Ma tells entrepreneurs
08 Aug 18 NewsA day-long event organized by UNCTAD and Alibaba gave young tech entrepreneurs in Africa a chance to share experiences and get inspired
From Madagascar to Liberia, ...
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03 Aug 18 NewsAfreximbank has posted its Annual Report 2017 (pdf)
Regional spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa: exploring different channels (IMF)
In addition to bringing together findings from a...
Dig deep, think local, go digital: UNCTAD head to African leaders
03 Aug 18 NewsAfrican nations need to mobilize their continent’s resources to finance development, and ease the way for small business to trade, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said on...
Engaging with the international e-commerce trade agenda for structural transformation in Africa
30 Jul 18 BlogE-commerce can be an important contributor to Africa’s structural transformation.
E-commerce is not just about online shopping. E-commerce is variously defined as the purchase a...
Comesa to set up team on digital free trade area
26 Jul 18 NewsThe Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) plans to set up a team to oversee the implementation of the Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA). The DFTA is an online pl...
AU blames lack of information for low intra-Africa trade
24 Jul 18 NewsLack of information of market opportunities among traders across Africa is the biggest cause of low intra-Africa trade, the African Union said on Monday.
Albert Muchanga, the Afri...
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23 Jul 18 NewsUnderway, in Nairobi: African Union E-Commerce Conference
The main expected outputs of the conference are: (i) Roadmap for the development of an African e-commerce strategy, which...
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11 Jul 18 NewsLaunched today in Addis Ababa: The inaugural Africa’s Development Dynamics 2018 report
Africa needs development strategies that are more coherent and that prioritise improved pu...
WCO publishes global standards on e-commerce
11 Jul 18 NewsThe WCO has published the Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce as adopted at the end of June 2018 by the Council, the Organization’s highest deci...
8th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Communiqué
05 Jul 18 News Joint Communiqué
The 8th BRICS Trade Ministers met on 5 July 2018 in Magaliesburg, South Africa under the chairmanship of Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry ...
Africa’s e-commerce readiness
02 Jul 18 InfographicsIn July 2016, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched a new initiative to improve the inclusiveness of e-trade for developing countries. Entitled ‘eT...
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21 Jun 18 NewsAfrica payments: Insights into African transaction flows (SWIFT)
In 2013, SWIFT published the white paper “Africa Payments: Insights into African Transaction Flows”, which att...
African Union E-Commerce Conference to take place in Nairobi in July
21 Jun 18 NewsTowards an African e-commerce strategy
The African Union E-Commerce Conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from the 23-25 July 2018. The main objective of this Conferen...
How might Africa benefit from e-commerce technology?
19 Jun 18 BlogWorld trade has entered a new mode; one that is to international trade what the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ is to traditional manufacturing. Digital tools now make it possib...
Forum highlights ‘inclusive trade’ for world’s poorest countries
15 Jun 18 NewsWith a share of global trade of less than 1%, fresh ideas are needed to bring the world’s poorest countries into the international trading system.
Better trade that boosts prosp...
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01 Jun 18 NewsAfrica, global passenger traffic data for April 2018 (IATA)
African airlines’ had a 5.1% traffic increase in April. Capacity rose 4.6%, and load factor edged up 0.4 percentage p...
The Rising Potential of e-Commerce for Trade and Development in Africa
30 May 18 PublicationsThe world economy has changed at a faster pace in the last thirty years than at any time in history. The mid-1990s brought on the so-called ‘information age’ and the age of the...