Tag: Logistics
In Africa’s Great Lakes region, UNCTAD helps build peace through cross-border trade
26 Jan 18 NewsUNCTAD Deputy Secretary General Isabelle Durant joins UN partners to pledge political and logistical support to formerly warring central African countries.
Cross-border trade betw...
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25 Jan 18 NewsThe Executive Council of the African Union officially opened today: download the speeches by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat (Chairperson of the AUC) and Ms Vera Songwe (Executive Secreta...
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23 Jan 18 NewsReminder: The USITC hearing, US trade and investment with Sub-Saharan Africa: recent developments, is scheduled to take place today in Washington.
The Gambia’s Trade Policy...
Mombasa set to get Dubai-like free port
23 Jan 18 NewsMombasa is set to get a free trade zone (FTZ) for motor vehicles this year in a policy move that could create thousands of new jobs for traders and service providers.
An FTZ, such...
African Union Commission gears up to launch highly-anticipated Single African Sky
23 Jan 18 NewsThe African Union Commission is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship project, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28th January ...
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20 Jan 18 NewsDiarise: 4th EAC Heads of State Retreat on Infrastructure Financing and Development (21-22 February, Kampala)
Regional integration and informal trade in Africa: evidence from Beni...
Africa on the runway to seamless airspace
11 Jan 18 NewsThe dream of achieving low airfare in Africa may soon be realised should the African Union’s plans run full course.
The bloc expects to launch its Single African Air Transport M...
More mega-ships are a big problem for cargo carriers
10 Jan 18 NewsContainer shipping companies are bracing for a challenging year – they will have more space available for carrying goods than the amount of cargo that’s out there.
Corrine Png...
Africa’s first digital free trade area for rollout in 2018
08 Jan 18 NewsBusinesses within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) could save up to $450 million in clearance documentation once the bloc adopts blockchain technology for...
Report on the PMAESA Conference – Livingstone, 22-23 November 2017
15 Dec 17 EventThe Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) held its 2017 Annual Conference in Livingstone, Zambia from 22-23 November 2017. The conference, which was b...
Assessing the economic benefits of transit trade in Tanzania
13 Dec 17 NewsThe untapped potential of transit trade in Tanzania
Tanzania benefits significantly from transit trade, serving as a potential driver of economic growth, welfare and local enterpr...
Slow implementation of African single aviation market irks experts
11 Dec 17 NewsAfrican governments have been urged to implement the deal to open up the aviation market on the continent agreed on 18 years ago.
The third ministerial working group meeting on th...
COMESA Business Council hosts it’s 1st Regional Consultative and Business Linkages Forum 2017
04 Dec 17 NewsOn the 6th and 7th December 2017, various agro-industry players from the two transport corridors (North and North South) will gather in Nairobi, Kenya at the Hilton Hotel...
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23 Nov 17 NewsOn the CFTA’s scope: Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe highlighted the fact that historically, the CFTA would be the largest trade agreement in terms of members and potential since the co...
Caucus seeks to integrate land-linked countries into maritime transport
23 Nov 17 NewsExperts in port management, policy makers and financiers from across Africa began a two-day meeting in Zambia on 22 November 2017 to explore how to reshape policy and harness the b...
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22 Nov 17 NewsAfrican Group perspective on MC11: draft Ministerial Decision on electronic commerce
The AfDB posts a series of EOIs for the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme: Programme coor...
‘Over 50% trucks in Apapa have no business in port’
22 Nov 17 NewsA new report released by a leading maritime consulting firm has said that more than half of the container trucks visiting Apapa, Lagos, daily have no immediate business to transact...
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10 Nov 17 NewsFeatured African trade tweets:
@AnnMbiruru: Good news for transporters from Dar. Only 3 police roadblocks are official in Tanzania between Dar es Salaam and Mutukula, said TZ Pres...
One-Stop Border Posts to pilot MoveAfrica’s Traffic Light System
10 Nov 17 NewsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) Committee of Ministers of Transport have endorsed Beitbridge, Kazungula, Kasumbalesa and Chirundu One-Stop Border Posts for the pi...
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08 Nov 17 NewsUnderway in Moroni, Comoros: the 21st Meeting of Intergovernmental Committee of Experts – Eastern Africa on the theme Transformative growth in Eastern Africa – catalysts and co...