Tag: Industrial policy
Declaration of the BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting
04 Jul 18 NewsTrade Ministers resolve to establish BRICS partnership on New Industrial Revolution
the dti hosted the third BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting in Magaliesburg on Wednesday, 4 Ju...
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03 Jul 18 NewsUpdated: tralac’s AfCFTA Ratification Barometer
UNU-WIDER has posted an early view of the forthcoming book Industries without Smoke-stacks: Industrialization in Africa reconside...
Sixth Summit of the SACU Heads of State or Government: Communiqué
01 Jul 18 NewsThe Sixth Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini, former Swaziland) took place on 29 ...
BRICS in Africa: Working towards the realisation of the African aspirations
29 Jun 18 NewsSpeech by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Reginah Mhaule, during the BRICS Stakeholder Engagement held on 27 June 2018 in partnership with ...
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28 Jun 18 NewsThe AfDB’s Vice-Presidency for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management has posted a series of new Working Papers and Economic Briefs: we profile analyses by Dr Arkebe Oqubay...
Industrial policy and late industrialisation in Ethiopia: The structure and performance of the manufacturing sector
28 Jun 18 NewsThe AfDB’s Vice-Presidency for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management has posted a series of new Working Papers and Economic Briefs. The following analyses have been prepar...
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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...
Rwanda: Industrialization and Job creation among priorities of the 2018-19 Budget
21 Jun 18 NewsGovernment will increase spending by FRW 328.2 billion from FRW 2,115.3 billion compared to the 2017/18 revised budget FRW 2,443.5 billion in the 2018/19 fiscal year, the Minister ...
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18 Jun 18 NewsProfiled African trade and regional integration events:
(I) The 24th ARSO General Assembly starts today in Durban on the theme: One Africa One Market – the role of standard...
One Africa One Market – The role of standardisation in attaining sustainable development within the context of regional integration
18 Jun 18 NewsThe 24th ARSO General Assembly events, to be hosted by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, through the South African Bureau of Standards will be held on the 18th to 22n...
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14 Jun 18 NewsThursday was East African Budget Day: an initial overview of some highlights
Launching next week, in Mauritius: AfDB’s 1st Electricity Regulatory Index
Next week, in Lagos: 3rd...
Kenya Africa exports slide continues to new eight-year low
14 Jun 18 NewsKenya’s exports to key markets in Africa fell to an eight-year low in the first four months of the year, official statistics show, continuing a trend that has been reflected in a...
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12 Jun 18 NewsStarting today, in Accra: Africa Trade Network’s multi-stakeholder AfCFTA consultation
The new head of the UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa: Ms Ahunna Eziakonwahead
Diarise:...
Reports on Emerging Technologies officially launched at Africa Innovation Summit
12 Jun 18 NewsAdvances in modern technologies are occurring at an accelerating pace, ranging from the fields of robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology to materials science and artificial int...
Foreign direct investment to Africa fell by 21% in 2017, says United Nations report
07 Jun 18 NewsForeign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa slumped to $42 billion in 2017, a 21% decline from 2016, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2018. Weak oil...
UN deputy launches powerful tool for least developed countries
07 Jun 18 NewsAmina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, launched a unique policy compendium in Geneva on 6 June 2018 that aims to assist governments of the world’s mos...
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06 Jun 18 NewsConcluding today, in Addis: Expert group meeting on the theme Poverty, inequality and jobs in Africa
Diarise: 25th SWIFT African Regional Conference (20-22 June, Kigali) on the th...
EU’s Malmström: bad domestic policies also make trade unfair
05 Jun 18 NewsEU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström says domestic policy choices, such as taxation, are just as responsible as global trade rules for determining who benefits from globalizati...
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04 Jun 18 NewsDr Donald Kaberuka: There is a time for everything – the African Continental Free Trade Area (pdf, Wilson Center)
That said, the AfCFTA is not just about physical merchandise. I...
Engaging civil society to accelerate Africa’s industrialization
04 Jun 18 NewsThe African Development Bank organized the Civil Society Forum 2018, as a three-day event at HQ in Abidjan, on the topic: “Engaging Civil Society to Accelerate Africa’s Industr...