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17 Apr 19 NewsPosted, by the AU: The decisions, declarations, resolution and motions from the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (February, Addis Ababa). Decisions include: ...
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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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East Africa’s economy races ahead of its African peers, modest growth forecast for the rest of the continent – African Development Bank
04 Apr 19 NewsJob creation and ramping up manufacturing will continue to be major priority areas for creating growth, according to the African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook Reports ...
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South Africa: a 2018 trade and investment profile
01 Mar 19 PublicationsThis brief and accompanying infographics provide an update on merchandise trade, services and investment in South Africa for 2018. Specific product sectors examined include agricul...
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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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African policymakers must pay more attention to counterfeit drugs
29 Jan 19 NewsA new study shows that poor and vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, suffer the most.
Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products c...
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Economic transformation in Africa: key trends in 2019
15 Jan 19 NewsThe 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...
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Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair to drive continent’s development of export manufacturing
12 Dec 18 NewsThe 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 ...
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South Africa: The recession ends as GDP climbs by 2,2%
05 Dec 18 NewsThe 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...
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East Africa the fastest growing region in Africa, with people leading longer and healthier lives
21 Nov 18 News22nd 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...
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Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area in Eastern Africa: From vision to action
09 Nov 18 News22nd 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 ...
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South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for September 2018
31 Oct 18 NewsSouth 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...
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Foreign Domestic Investment into Africa rises, and Morocco joins South Africa as leading investment destinations
30 Oct 18 NewsAccording 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...
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Trends in FDI and cross-border investments in Compact with Africa countries
29 Oct 18 NewsThe 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...
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SA hard at work to clear path for investment: Ramaphosa opens the South Africa Investment Conference
26 Oct 18 NewsOpening 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 ...
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South Africa welcomes product exclusion for some steel and aluminium products from the Section 232 duties
25 Oct 18 NewsThe 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...
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Africa: A time for sustained optimism?
24 Oct 18 NewsPublic 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 ...
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22 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
(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...
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Kenyan Industry recommends sectoral strategies to achieve the Big Four Agenda
22 Oct 18 NewsThe Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched a report that seeks to identify cross-cutting constraints to growth, possible solutions, and sector-specific interventions...
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12 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
(i) COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme: validation workshop for cross border road transport agreements, model laws and regulations (2...
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