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21 Jan 20 NewsUK-Africa Investment Summit:
Keynote outcomes, speeches
UK government statement issued at the closure of the summit
Opening speech by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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21 Nov 19 NewsThe 21st Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State, scheduled for 30 November, has been postponed.
EAC Secretary General, Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko said o...
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14 Nov 19 NewsDigitising logistics in Africa (Briter Bridges)
Progressively more businesses operating in African markets are adopting digital solutions to monitor their supply chain or broaden ...
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13 Nov 19 NewsDiarise:
Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology (11-12 December, Addis Ababa)
In 2019, the ECA Conference o...
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11 Nov 19 News2019 Visa Openness Index Report (AfDB, AU)
For the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index pub...
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30 Oct 19 NewsDiarise: World Bank Group's Fragility Forum 2020 (2-4 March, 2020):
The Forum will focus on implementation: the concrete approaches that are needed to maximize our collecti...
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South Africa’s submission on UNCITRAL ISDS reforms: Comments and implications
16 Oct 19 BlogIntroduction
Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) has in recent years been criticised for its systematic imbalances, as well as inconsistent, flawed and excessive arbitral awa...
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19 Sep 19 NewsPwC's The Africa Business Agenda 2019: Kenya is top destination for companies seeking expansion in Africa
The study by global audit firm PwC, conducted among chief executives arou...
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11 Sep 19 NewsAfrican Leapfrog Index: Getting Lions to Leapfrog
With financial support from the Mastercard Impact Fund, the African Leapfrog Index – which was launched during the World Econom...
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29 Aug 19 NewsMadagascar has notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it has initiated three safeguard investigations: on soaps, lubricating oils and on vegetable oils and margarines
T...
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28 Aug 19 NewsThe Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development began today in Yokohama on the theme Advancing Africa’s development through people, technology and innovation. T...
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26 Jul 19 NewsIs the AfCFTA practical?: a CNBC interview with Rudi Steinbach (World Bank Africa specialist)
Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa (IMF)
This paper attempts to shed l...
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25 Jul 19 NewsThe future of work in Africa: Harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all (World Bank)
This companion report to the World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature...
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11 Jul 19 NewsNext week in Nairobi: “It’s all systems go as Kenya readies to host Africa’s leading premier SME gathering, the Kenya Trade Week and COMESA High Level Business Summit, 15-21 ...
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10 Jul 19 NewsUnderway, in New York: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Niamey Summit wrap, reactions
Multi-video: Africa punches below its weight when it comes to inter...
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13 Jun 19 NewsToday is Budget Day across East Africa.
Selected country previews: Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
African trade policy events to diarise:
25th African Organisation for Standard...
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Foreign direct investment to Africa defies global slump, rises 11% – UN Report
13 Jun 19 NewsContinent-wide trade agreement bodes well for future investment in Africa and burgeoning SEZs further buttress prospects.
Africa escaped the global decline in foreign direct inves...
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27 May 19 NewsT20 communique for G20 Leaders: extracts from recommendations from Task Force 5 on Cooperation with Africa (pdf)
Agree on a unified approach towards macroeconomic stability ...
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24 May 19 NewsDiarise: Investment to support competitiveness and inclusive growth in South Africa (27 May, Johannesburg). One of the speakers at this Tutwa CG seminar will be David Bridgman (out...
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20 May 19 Newstralac's April newsletter was published earlier today: it contains a wide variety of AfCFTA-relevant commentaries and resources
A select listing of African trade events:
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