Tag: Intra-Africa trade
Afreximbank announces stellar 2016 results as President Kagame urges increased intra-African trade
03 Jul 17 NewsThe 24th Annual General Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ended in Kigali on Saturday with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda saying that the many economic chall...
Intra-SACU trading relationship – 2015
02 Jul 17 InfographicsTrade within the SACU is highly asymmetric, with South Africa (SA) dominating trade in both directions and the other countries far more dependent on SACU than SA. SA runs a massive...
Urgent policies required for inclusive tourism growth, intra-Africa trade and visa openness, says Africa Tourism Monitor
21 Jun 17 NewsMore than ever before, African countries need to craft economic and trade policies that will foster inclusive and green tourism growth, intra-Africa trade, and contribute to visa o...
Measuring and monitoring intra-African trade
01 Jun 17 NewsIFPRI and partners to develop expert technical network
Trade integration is a powerful tool for economic growth, development, and poverty alleviation. In the Malabo Declarati...
Intra-Africa market access
22 Mar 17 InfographicsThis infographic documents the situation with regard to market access between the countries of the African Union. The purpose is to aid in understanding the accessibility of Africa...
COMESA call for papers 2017: Boosting intra-African trade through RECs
09 Feb 17 NewsCOMESA-ACBF Capacity Building Project in Economic and Trade Policy Analysis and Research
Following the Eighteenth African Union Summit of Heads of State and Governments’ meeting...
Kagame: Time to solve intra-Africa trade challenges
19 Jan 17 NewsPresident Paul Kagame has challenged African countries to avoid contradictions in the quest for prosperity and progress by implementing progressive steps with a sense of urgency.
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Trade data analysis and visualisation
04 Jan 17 ThemesRecognising the paucity and often incomplete and inaccurate trade data available for African countries, tralac periodically reports on the recent trading relationships between the ...
Business investment forum calls for action to improve intra-Africa trade
05 Dec 16 NewsDelegates at the three-day African Business and Investments Forum held over the weekend in the Algerian capital, Algiers, have once again urged business and political leaders in Af...
SA, Namibia seek improved intra-African trade
10 Oct 16 NewsIntra-African trade must become the new economic paradigm for the continent, as it will help stimulate economic growth and improve the continent’s capacity to resolve its own cha...
Kagame, Museveni push for more intra-Africa trade, investment
06 Sep 16 News
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have decried the existing hurdles that hamper trade between African countries and continued export of raw mate...
Kenya signs partnership to speed up intra-Africa trade
29 Aug 16 NewsKenya has signed an agreement with her three other counterparts to hasten the stalled talks on boosting intra-Africa trade.
On 27 August 2016 Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Sec...
Level of intra-Africa trade scandalous – Jeff Radebe
22 Aug 16 NewsCountries in the South African Development Community (Sadc) region need to come together to bargain for better inter- and intra-Africa trade, said minister in the presidency for pl...
Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt urged to leverage intra-Africa trade, diversification
17 Aug 16 NewsKey members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) on Tuesday emphasised urgent need for Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt to synergize by leveraging on intra-African trade in th...
Blue economy, intra-African trade top agenda of Afreximbank gatherings in Seychelles
20 Jul 16 NewsProspects for economic development in Africa, the blue economy concept and intra-African trade are among the main topics of discussions as political and busines...
Minister Davies launches one-stop shop to support intra-Africa trade
18 Jul 16 NewsA one-stop shop to support intra-Africa trade and intra-Africa investments has been launched by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies in Pretoria on Friday. The one-sto...
African DFIs urged to partner for solutions to intra-African trade finance
06 May 16 NewsAfrican development finance institutions must come together in partnership in order to more effectively tackle the challenges affecting the financing of intra-African trade, partic...
Abidjan to host Africa’s first-ever Intra-African Trade Finance and Payment Systems Conference
26 Apr 16 NewsLeaders of Africa’s top financial institutions will gather in Abidjan from 2 to 3 May for the first ever continental conference looking at the current state of intra-African trad...
AU in meetings to progress intra African trade
30 Nov 15 NewsThe African Union is spearheading efforts to boost intra African trade as a means to achieve the Agenda 2063 goal of a united, prosperous and peaceful Africa by 2063.
In this resp...
Trade liberalisation in Africa: a GTAP analysis of intra-African agricultural tariffs going to zero
27 Nov 15 PublicationsThis paper uses the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) computer database and takes the full suite of African agricultural sectors and African countries/regions in order to assess...