Tag: Investment policy
Will investment flows increase under the AfCFTA Investment Protocol?
18 Oct 23 BlogDOWNLOAD BLOG
Africa needs investments to develop and industrialize. The bulk of it comes in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI). In 2021 FDI into African countries amount...
AfCFTA Protocol on Investment: Factsheet
05 Oct 23 InfographicsThe AfCFTA Protocol on Investment (Protocol) was adopted by the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU during its 36th Ordinary Session held from 18 to 19 February...
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26 Oct 22 NewsLocal news
Lack of finance, security still plaguing South Africa’s transport industry – panel (Engineering News)
Considering recent developments – such as the Covid-19 pand...
Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference – Geneva: Resource page
13 Jun 22 NewsWTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12
WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...
Special Economic Zones: Ethiopian Case Study
31 May 22 PublicationsDOWNLOAD PUBLICATION
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) represent delimited zones in which industrial development is promoted by establishing export strategies and by attracting foreig...
Special Economic Zones in Africa: An Overview of Policies and Regulatory Regimes
22 Apr 22 PublicationsSpecial Economic Zones (SEZs) are delimited zones in which industrial development is promoted by incentives and support programmes designed to attract foreign direct investment (FD...
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11 Mar 22 NewsLocal news
Special Economic Zones Make Good Progress in Attracting Investors - Deputy Minister Gina (The dtic)
The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ms Nomalung...
Making intra-African investment work for women: what should be considered in the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment
27 Jan 22 BlogThe ongoing negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Investment Protocol provide a unique opportunity to make the intra-African investment work for women. T...
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20 Jan 22 NewsCountry news
New vaccine manufacturing facility to elevate healthcare in Africa (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the newly launched vaccine manufacturing facility campus a...
Eight Types of Provisions to Make the AfCFTA Investment Protocol Gender-Responsive
31 Dec 21 PublicationsThe ongoing negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Investment Protocol present a unique opportunity to make intra-African investment work for women by des...
The AfCFTA Investment Protocol: preparations for the negotiations and expectations
09 Dec 21 BlogThe preparations for the negotiations of the Investment Protocol under the AfCFTA agreement (The Agreement) are already underway though still in the early stages. The AfCFTA envisa...
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23 Nov 21 NewsNational
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition zooms in on manufacturing at Indaba (IOL)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) Minister Ebrahim Patel i...
Improving the Business and Investment Climate in Africa – Why and How?
24 Sep 21 BlogThe ‘cost of capital’ refers to the rate of return required by lenders of capital or investors, in order to incentivise them to provide capital to business ventures. Developing...
Investment, Growth and Business-Friendliness – Some Lessons for Africa
30 Jul 21 PublicationsDeveloping economies are characterised by high costs of capital and limited sources of investment funds. This acts as one constraint on the potential growth rates of these economie...
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05 Jul 21 NewsNational
Rebuilding The South African Industrial Base – Progress with Sugar and Poultry Masterplans (the dtic)
Solid progress is being made with implementation of partnership a...
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25 Jun 21 NewsNational
Attaining port efficiency requires purpose rethink, says law firm (Engineering News)
South Africa’s maritime ports, known to be highly inefficient, need to be repurpos...
COVID-19 slashes foreign direct investment in Africa by 16%
22 Jun 21 NewsThe continent’s commodity-dependent countries have been affected more severely than non-resource-based economies
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on foreign direct...
An Investment Protocol for the AfCFTA
19 Apr 21 PublicationsThe negotiations for the adoption of the Phase II Protocols of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have started. They will cover investment, intellectual property righ...
The International Regulation of Investment is not a recent Phenomenon
16 Apr 21 BlogInvestment matters have been on the international agenda for a long time but there is no multilateral investment treaty. Post-World War II discussions included investment issues. T...
How will the AfCFTA Investment Protocol work?
16 Apr 21 BlogInternational investment agreements (IIAs) are international legal instruments that address issues relevant to cross-border investments, usually for the purpose of protecting, prom...