Tag: Manufacturing
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29 May 18 NewsAfCFTA presentations by ATPC’s David Luke to recent Canada-Africa Chamber of Business events (Toronto, Ottawa)
(i) What the African Continental Free Trade Area means for Africa ...
Kenya: Imports to cost more in Treasury tax deal
29 May 18 NewsConsumers are likely to pay more for imported goods after the Treasury opted to increase tax on foreign products rather than cut duty on raw materials to boost domestic manufacture...
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28 May 18 NewsNigeria and the AfCFTA: National stakeholders’ sensitization and consultations, conducted by the NOTN, continue this week. Today’s consultation will be held in Calabar (South-S...
Mauritius Economic and Social Indicators: Labour force, unemployment, productivity and tourism
28 May 18 NewsLabour force, Employment and Unemployment – Year 2017
The ninth issue of the Economic and Social Indicators of Statistics Mauritius, based on the results of the Continuous Multi...
Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2018: “Made in Africa” – Industrialising the Continent
24 May 18 NewsThe African Development Bank is delivering on its goals and making good progress towards achieving its development and operational targets according to the 2018 Annual Develop...
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23 May 18 NewsFeatured AfDB policy document: Industrialize Africa – strategies, policies, institutions & financing
Extract from the introductory remarks, by Joe Stiglitz:
In the developi...
Kenyan, Chinese enterprises pledge stronger cooperation to boost growth
23 May 18 NewsChinese enterprises on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with their Kenyan counterparts to stimulate economic growth and social renewal in line with the Belt and Road Initiative.
The n...
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22 May 18 NewsThe 53rd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank opened yesterday in Busan. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina: Korea is a model for Africa’s industrialization
Underway, in...
China mission to attract investors to Special Economic Zones
21 May 18 NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry will this month embark on an investment roadshow to Shanghai, China, aimed at wooing investors to the South African Special Economic Zones (SEZ...
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18 May 18 NewsDiarise: NILDS workshop on ECOWAS common currency (23 June, Abuja)
Former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Board of the South C...
Structural transformation and export diversification in Southern Africa
18 May 18 NewsWhat determines economic disparities among countries and how can we move forward to reduce these income gaps?
The development economics literature has studied how countries get ri...
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16 May 18 NewsAUC holding workshop series to develop next phase of PIDA
The Arab and the Maghreb Union and IGAD were the first of the eight RECs to kick-start a continental consultative process...
For Africa to trade, it has to produce first, says AU Commission Deputy Chairperson
16 May 18 NewsAs African Ministers of Finance gathered in Addis Ababa to seek an integrated approach to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, the African Union...
Ethiopia Economic Update: The inescapable manufacturing-services nexus
16 May 18 NewsServices & Manufacturing Linkages: Exploring the Potential of Distribution Services
This Ethiopia Economic Update focuses on the connection between services and manufacturing,...
New IPAP to help South African government raise the bar
15 May 18 NewsTrade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, says the department will use the lessons learned over the past few years as a game changer for the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP)....
Trump’s steel and aluminium tariff action: Putting America first?
07 May 18 PublicationsOn 8 March 2018, United States President Donald Trump issued two presidential proclamations. These would apply special duties – 25% and 10% respectively – on the imports of hun...
Eastern Africa has doubled its income per capita in a decade: ECA
04 May 18 NewsEastern Africa continues to grow rapidly. As a result, the region’s average per capita income reached 740 USD in 2016, double the figure ten years earlier.
“Albeit from a very...
President Kenyatta presents scorecard, rallies support for Big Four Agenda
03 May 18 NewsPresident Uhuru Kenyatta on 2 May presented to Parliament a comprehensive scorecard of his Government’s achievements on areas of national values, security and Kenya’s obligatio...
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02 May 18 NewsA New Times interview with Donald Kaberuka: Reforming the AU is not a choice of the few, but an imperative for all
A reposting, from tralac: The consolidated draft text of the AfC...
Manufacturing sector and Nigeria’s economic growth pattern
02 May 18 NewsRedesigning Policy Intervention for Inclusive Growth
Since the year 2000, Nigeria’s economic growth has not delivered significant poverty and unemployment reduction. While GDP g...