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19 Jun 19 NewsStarting today, in Harare: Zimbabwe’s National Consultative Forum on the AfCFTA
AfCFTA negotiations: an important update from @TradeOfficeNG. In Abuja today (19 June) ECOWAS-15 ...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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IMF Executive Board 2019 Article IV Consultation with Uganda
09 May 19 NewsUganda’s economy continues its robust recovery with projected growth of 6.3 percent in FY2018/19. Timely implementation of public infrastructure and oil-related projects would su...
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07 May 19 NewsNew commentaries on the AfCFTA:
tralac’s Gerhard Erasmus: The institutional design of the AfCFTA. Why do international trade arrangements have their own institutions? What ...
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17 Apr 19 NewsPosted, by the AU: The decisions, declarations, resolution and motions from the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (February, Addis Ababa). Decisions include: ...
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20 Mar 19 NewsThe joint trade policy review of EAC member countries began today at the WTO: download reports prepared by the EAC and WTO secretariats, advance questions
The World Travel and Tou...
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06 Mar 19 NewsAU Ministers of Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources: final declaration of STC meeting (11-12 January, Kigali) on the theme The entry into force of the agreement establishing the ...
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Final Declaration of the 2nd STC of the AU Ministers of Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources
06 Mar 19 NewsWE, the African Union (AU) Ministers of Trade, Industry and Minerals, meeting in our 2nd Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee of the Ministers of Trade, Industry...
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04 Mar 19 NewsJETRO’s 2018 survey on business conditions of Japanese-affiliated firms in Africa: Chinese companies emerge as top competitors for the first time (JETRO)
Regarding cooperation w...
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27 Feb 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUC_MoussaFaki:
“Egypt’s parliament approves ratification of the AfCFTA, bringing total parliamentary approvals to 19, of which 15 have alrea...
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22 Feb 19 NewsMarking two years since the TFA entered into force: An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and African countries
This tralac Trade Brief gives an account of the current...
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08 Feb 19 Newstralac’s Gerhard Erasmus on the AfCFTA’s institutions: Could the Secretariat hold the key to implementation?
This working paper discusses what institutions the AfCFTA will hav...
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AUC calls for a strong public-private collaboration in the mineral resources sector for the attainment of the AfCFTA
08 Feb 19 NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission (AUC) participated in the Mining Indaba 2019 from 4-7 February 2018 in Cape Town. The Mining Indaba is the...
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07 Feb 19 NewsEconomic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern Southern Africa (ESA) States and the UK: documentation downloads
Explanatory memorandum
Parliamentary report
Treaty text
Afri...
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06 Feb 19 NewsUnderway, in Monrovia: Network of Economic Journalists of West Africa meeting on AfCFTA
Diarise: 3rd German-African Business Summit (11-13 February, Accra)
African Mining Indaba:...
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01 Feb 19 News20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community: Joint Communiqué
Highlights: The Summit received a progress report on the Review of the East African De...
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IMF Executive Board 2018 annual discussions on CEMAC countries’ common policies
17 Jan 19 NewsOn December 17, 2018, the International Monetary Fund Executive Board concluded the annual discussions with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) on Common Po...
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AGR-V launched in Kigali; emphasises need to improve governance of Africa’s abundant natural resources
05 Dec 18 NewsThe fifth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR-V) was launched and discussed by delegates attending the 2018 African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday.
Th...
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The production and export profiles of oil and mineral products from Africa
30 Nov 18 PublicationsIt is well known and generally accepted that Africa is heavily reliant on the export of fuels and minerals. The objective of this paper is to examine just how dependent the contine...
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Mozambique Economic Update: Less poverty, but more inequality
15 Nov 18 NewsAs Mozambique begins to emerge from a two-year economic downturn, a new World Bank report warns that the country’s fiscal outlook remains fragile.
Buoyed by a drop in inflation ...
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