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05 Aug 19 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the 2019 AGOA Forum began to today in Abidjan: selected updates
The theme of this year’s Forum is AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade para...
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24 Jul 19 NewsSpecial issue on US-SSA trade and investment
The public hearing, US Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and new developments, takes place today, 24 July, in ...
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The proposed AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights
17 May 19 BlogThe AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) will be negotiated during Phase II. The draft legal text has to be submitted to the January 2021 Session of the AU Assembl...
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Where to for Africa’s Silicon Valley?
27 Nov 18 BlogApproximately a year ago, tralac published a working paper that overviewed South Africa’s software development industry cluster in the Western Cape Province[1]. The Western Cape ...
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12 Sep 18 NewsPIDA Week 2018: Realising Africa’s integration through smart infrastructure and good governance (Nepad)
The 2018 PIDA Week (29 October – 2 November, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) ...
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27 Aug 18 NewsUnderway, in Arusha: Meeting of EAC-SACU technical officials on an exchange of tariff offers
Starting today, in Nairobi: EAC meeting to develop a harmonised framewo...
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Response to IIPA comments to USTR regarding South Africa’s Copyright Amendments Bill and AGOA eligibility
27 Aug 18 NewsIIPA claims that South Africa’s copyright reform bill would make the country ineligible for AGOA benefits
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is conducting its annual ...
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06 Aug 18 NewsThe 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf)
The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...
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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 ...
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COMESA searching for solutions to transform and sustain competitive businesses
19 Jun 18 NewsThe COMESA-Connect Industry Dialogue set for June 21st to 22nd, in Kigali, will bring together high level technical expertise from the public and private sector to provide common s...
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07 May 18 NewsThe two-day Ministerial Session of the EAC Council starts today in Arusha. The meeting will, inter alia, consider the Status of Implementation of the EAC Brand Architecture Strateg...
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02 May 18 NewsA New Times interview with Donald Kaberuka: Reforming the AU is not a choice of the few, but an imperative for all
A reposting, from tralac: The consolidated draft text of the AfC...
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Why Africa should not ignore what happened in Buenos Aires
15 Feb 18 PublicationsThe 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Buenos Aires in December 2017, was a disappointment. It has been described in The Economist as “the...
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Global civil society reactions to end of WTO Ministerial Conference
14 Dec 17 NewsThe World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Buenos Aires concluded without a formal statement, reflecting the deep divide between poorer countries who have demande...
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07 Dec 17 NewsIn Harare today: Finance and Economic Planning minister Patrick Chinamasa presented the first budget in the post-Robert Mugabe era. Previews from NewsDay, Bloomberg. Access the ful...
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1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
29 Nov 17 NewsWHO urges governments to take action
An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new res...
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21 Nov 17 NewsConcluding today, in Kampala: CII-Exim Bank conclave on India-East Africa trade and investment. Launched at the conclave: India’s investments in select East African countries –...
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Branding and other intangibles account for 30 percent of product value – UN report
21 Nov 17 NewsIntangible capital, such as branding, design and technology, is increasingly determining success in the marketplace, as nearly one third of the value of manufactured products comes...
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13 Oct 17 NewsUpdated World Bank macro poverty outlook reports: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
AU’s STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning ...
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Intellectual Property Seminar – Cape Town, 6 September 2017
20 Sep 17 EventOn 6th September 2017, the Trade Law Centre (tralac), in collaboration with Zelna Jansen Consultancy (tralac alumna), hosted an intellectual property (IP) seminar in Cape Town, Sou...
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