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12 Apr 19 NewsJoint AfDB, AUC, UNECA, Afreximbank expert group meeting on informal cross-border trade (16-17 April, Abidjan)
Informal cross-border trade has remained a dilemma for the African c...
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05 Apr 19 Newstralac’s March 2019 newsletter is posted: the newsletter carries a comprehensive report of debates at tralac’s annual conference, convened recently in Nairobi
Diarise: The Afr...
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28 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: SWIFT’s African Regional Conference (18-20 June, Accra) on the theme Enabling the Digital Economy
South Africa’s February 2019 trade balance will be released tomorrow...
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11 Mar 19 NewsDiarise:
The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships (17-19 March, New Delhi). The programme can be viewed here.
The African Day of Standardisati...
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28 Feb 19 NewsThe WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva. Kenya, Cuba, Bolivia and Laos have associated themselves with the submission by China, India, South Africa and Venezuela on The co...
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26 Feb 19 NewsThe new head of Afreximbank’s Southern Africa Regional Office: Humphrey Nwugo
The AfDB has posted an EOI for a trade and regional integration expert to work on, inter alia, the ...
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25 Feb 19 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry will, on Wednesday, be briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry on ongoing n...
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22 Feb 19 NewsMarking two years since the TFA entered into force: An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and African countries
This tralac Trade Brief gives an account of the current...
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15 Feb 19 NewsAfrican Union Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture: Continental strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa 2018-2023
The protection of GIs could give African coun...
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DHL Global Connectedness Index: Globalization hits new record high
15 Feb 19 NewsInternational flows of trade, capital, information and people all intensified significantly for the first time since 2007
DHL has released the fifth edition of the DHL Global Conn...
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08 Feb 19 Newstralac’s Gerhard Erasmus on the AfCFTA’s institutions: Could the Secretariat hold the key to implementation?
This working paper discusses what institutions the AfCFTA will hav...
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16 Jan 19 NewsFeatured tweets:
@KendalHembroff: G20 Trade and Investment Working Group meeting [15-16 January] to discuss challenges facing international trading system and need for WTO reform
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Safety, competitiveness, infrastructure key to aviation’s benefits in Africa
30 Nov 18 NewsThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in Africa to maximize the positive social and economic power of aviation by working together to promote safe, s...
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Smooth African trade to tackle rising challenges: UNCTAD head
27 Nov 18 NewsCompetitive transport, logistics and foreign investment are essential to ease intra-African commerce and reap rewards of new deal, meeting hears.
Smoothing the way for African tra...
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Africa seeks cheaper, faster and easier trade at NTFCs forum
26 Nov 18 NewsA landmark forum, co-organized by UNCTAD, focuses efforts by African countries seeking ways to ease interregional and international trade.
African countries seeking to reduce the ...
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16 Nov 18 NewsMali’s parliament yesterday, 15 November, unanimously ratified the AfCFTA Agreement. @AbdoulayeDiop8: Bravo au gouvernement & a l’Assemblée nationale du Mali pour cette pr...
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13 Nov 18 NewsRegional Risks for Doing Business 2018 (WEF)
Of the 34 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that we surveyed, “unemployment and underemployment” was identified as the most pressing...
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06 Nov 18 NewsSADC Business Council foundational meeting: @SthrnAfrcaTrust updates
Tomorrow, 7 November, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Johannesburg Airport, @SthrnAfrcaTrust and @TheNBF will host t...
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29 Oct 18 NewsThe G20 Compact with Africa meeting gets underway today in Berlin:
President Ramaphosa: In his capacity as co-chair of the G20 Africa Advisory Group, President Ramaphosa wi...
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25 Oct 18 NewsOur featured tweet, @AmbMuchanga: Great news. Got notification from Chief Negotiator. South Africa Parliament has approved ratification of the AfCFTA Agreement. Formal deposit to b...
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