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11 Oct 19 NewsCommonwealth trade ministerial: Reform WTO and resist protectionism
Following a meeting in London, ministers from the 53 Commonwealth member countries declared their collective su...
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18 Sep 19 NewsESAAMLG from Arusha to Ezulwini: Looking back and looking ahead (ESAAMLG)
The report, ESAAMLG from Arusha to Ezulwini (1999-2019): Looking back and looking ahead (pdf), appropria...
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22 Aug 19 NewsThe East African Business Council convened a workshop today in Nairobi to review the EAC’s Common External Tariff. Selected tweeted highlights:
@KEPSA_KENYA: The workshop is exp...
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21 Aug 19 News2019 Indonesia-Africa Infrastructure Dialogue: updates
Inka aims to secure Rp 7 trillion worth of order contracts from African, Asian countries. State-owned train manufacturin...
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20 Aug 19 NewsNext month, UNU-WIDER, in partnership with the Brookings Institution, launches its inaugural Massive Open Online Course: Industrial Policy and the Challenge for Africa
An intervie...
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13 Aug 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @jattamensah: Ghana, with the AU and the ECA, will host a conference on the implementation of the AfCFTA from 19-21 August (Accra). The keynote speaker is the prime...
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30 Jul 19 NewsSACU’s reforms in shreds (Southern Times)
Namibia’s Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein, who last week became the chairperson of the SACU Council of Minister, admitted to The S...
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23 May 19 NewsSmall African economies in a more uncertain global trade environment: the potential impact of post-AGOA scenarios for Lesotho (World Bank)
This paper provides a forward-look...
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23 Apr 19 NewsThe 8th Annual Borderless 2019 Conference starts tomorrow in Accra. The theme: Trade facilitation intra-regional in West Africa – new trends
Inclusive trade in Africa: The Afric...
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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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