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Economic transformation in Africa: key trends in 2019

15 Jan 19 News

The global economy is slowing down The US-China trade war, global increases in sovereign debt, and weak 2018 stock market performance have all weakened prospects for economic grow...

Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair to drive continent’s development of export manufacturing

12 Dec 18 News

The first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held on the continent opened on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 in Cairo, Egypt with the President of the African Export-Import ...

South Africa: The recession ends as GDP climbs by 2,2%

05 Dec 18 News

The South African economy grew by 2,2% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised) in the third quarter of 2018, bringing to an end the country’s second recession sin...

East Africa the fastest growing region in Africa, with people leading longer and healthier lives

21 Nov 18 News

22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Eastern Africa With an average growth rate of 6.7% between 2013 and 2017 – double the African average – Ea...

Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area in Eastern Africa: From vision to action

09 Nov 18 News

22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa In partnership with the Government of Rwanda, the United Nations Economic ...

South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for September 2018

31 Oct 18 News

South African trade balance swings to deficit in September South Africa’s trade balance shifted to a R2.95 billion deficit in September of 2018 from a downwardly revised R8.77 b...

Foreign Domestic Investment into Africa rises, and Morocco joins South Africa as leading investment destinations

30 Oct 18 News

According to EY’s latest Africa Attractiveness report, FDI was up across the continent last year, although South Africa experienced a fall in project numbers, on the back of cont...

Trends in FDI and cross-border investments in Compact with Africa countries

29 Oct 18 News

The second edition of the Compact with Africa (CwA) investment monitoring report provides an update of country and sector-level trends in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) flows and...

SA hard at work to clear path for investment: Ramaphosa opens the South Africa Investment Conference

26 Oct 18 News

Opening the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on potential investors to invest in the country for more bang for their buck. “We ...

South Africa welcomes product exclusion for some steel and aluminium products from the Section 232 duties

25 Oct 18 News

The US Department of Commerce has granted product exemptions for imports of 161 aluminium and 36 steel products from the Section 232 duties that the United States imposed against f...

Africa: A time for sustained optimism?

24 Oct 18 News

Public Lecture by Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga at Duke University It is always a great pleasure and honor to speak in a prestigious academic institution. It gives me an opportunity ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

22 Oct 18 News

Diarise: (i) The East African Legislative Assembly resumed its sitting in Arusha this morning: it continues until 10 November. This week’s EAC calendar of events can be accessed...

Kenyan Industry recommends sectoral strategies to achieve the Big Four Agenda

22 Oct 18 News

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched a report that seeks to identify cross-cutting constraints to growth, possible solutions, and sector-specific interventions...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

12 Oct 18 News

Diarise: (i) COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme: validation workshop for cross border road transport agreements, model laws and regulations (2...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

05 Oct 18 News

Next week, in Nairobi: Seventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (10-12 October) The World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings take place next week in Indonesia: (i) 3...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

28 Sep 18 News

South Africa’s August 2018 merchandise trade statistics show a R8.79 billion surplus from an upwardly revised R5.29 billion deficit in July and above market expectations. “We e...

South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for August 2018

28 Sep 18 News

South African trade balance swings to surplus in August South Africa’s trade balance shifted to a R8.79 billion surplus in August of 2018 from an upwardly revised R5.29 billion ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

21 Sep 18 News

The ATPC’s David Luke: The ECA has received requests from a dozen countries and/or RECs for support in developing an AfCFTA country strategy Potential of manufacturing and indus...

An Analysis of the United States’ Automotive Tariff Threat

20 Sep 18 Publications

On 23 May 2018, Secretary of the United States Commerce Department Wilbur Ross launched a Section 232 investigation as to whether automotive imports are hurting US national securit...

EAC Extra-Ordinary Council on Trade, Industry and Investment dedicated to Industrialization and SMEs concludes in Arusha

17 Sep 18 News

The Extra-Ordinary Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) dedicated to Industrialization and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) concluded at the EAC Head...