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EAC finance ministers seek to create more jobs for youth in spending plans
15 Jun 2015
Protecting jobs was a key highlight of the national budgets read simultaneously by EAC finance ministers on Thursday last week.
In the budgets, the finance ministers announc...
read moreA boost for struggling African regional trade: Seychelles signs up for Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
15 Jun 2015Leaders from 26 African countries on 10 June 2015 signed an ambitious declaration in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to establish a wide-reaching free-trade zone across almost the entire ea...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 12 June 2015
12 Jun 2015The selection: Friday, 12 June
Mozambique postpones signing up Tripartite FTA (StarAfrica)
“There are questions that have to be studied and about the origin of imported product...
read moreCapacity – the critical enabler for Agenda 2063
12 Jun 2015As the AUC prepares to implement the first phase of its Agenda 2063 through the 10-year strategic plan, capacity will be a critical enabler for the realization of Africa’s develo...
read moreQ&A: The AU Trade Commissioner on the New Cape-to-Cairo Common Market
12 Jun 2015For once, the African Union Summit is going to have something to show for all its talk of regional integration. The Tripartite Free Trade Area, signed in Egypt on Wednesday, create...
read moreInfrastructure is the key to Africa’s sustainable development
12 Jun 2015South African Presidency on infrastructure development in Africa
President Jacob Zuma looks forward to a fruitful discussion of the good progress made in implementing the African ...
read moreMozambique postpones signing up Tripartite FTA
12 Jun 2015Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario has refused to sign on behalf of his country the agreement setting up a tripartite free trade area (FTA) involving African thr...
read moreEA infrastructure sectors biggest winners in budget allocations every year
12 Jun 2015
A review of budgetary spend across East Africa countries from previous years shows that the infrastructure sector continues to be accorded priority due to its contribution to eco...
read moreDeveloping countries face tough transition in 2015 with higher borrowing costs and lower prices for oil & other commodities
12 Jun 2015Developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other ...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 11 June 2015
11 Jun 2015The selection: Thursday, 11 June
@Francismangeni: 15 countries have just signed the Agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area, and 23 have signed the Declaration&...
read moreAfrica a step closer to free trade area
11 Jun 2015The Tripartite initiative between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), the East African Community (EAC) and SADC is rooted in the AU’s Lagos Plan of Action...
read moreSharm El Sheikh Declaration Launching the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area
10 Jun 2015PREAMBLE
WE, the Heads of State and Government or duly Authorised Representatives of, the Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Partner ...
read moreCommuniqué of the Third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit
10 Jun 2015Vision: TOWARDS A SINGLE MARKET
Theme: Deepening COMESA-EAC-SADC Integration
1. The Heads of State and Government of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (CO...
read moreStatement by Mr Sindiso Ngwenya to the Third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit
10 Jun 2015Statement by Mr Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General of COMESA and Chairman of the Tripartite Task Force to the 3rd COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit in Sharma el Sheikh, Egypt which...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 10 June 2015
10 Jun 2015The selection: Wednesday, 10 June
Informal trade ministerial: briefing on Tenth WTO Ministerial by Kenya's foreign minister Amina Mohamed (WTO)
I hope you can understand Afr...
read moreInformal Meeting of WTO Trade Ministers, Paris: Speech by Amb. Amina C. Mohamed
10 Jun 2015Speech by Amb. Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary, Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, during the Informal Meeting of WTO Trade Ministers on the M...
read more‘Servicification’ of international trade takes centre stage at UNCTAD expert meeting
10 Jun 2015Ambassadors, trade negotiators, policymakers, and national and international services regulators and experts concluded the third session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade, ...
read moreGamechanger Djibouti-Ethiopia railway ready, will cut goods travel time from two days to 10 hours
10 Jun 201599% of imports from fast-growing Ethiopia pass through its neighbour, while Djibouti is nursing geopolitical ambitions.
The leaders of Djibouti and Ethiopia will oversee the compl...
read moreGender is my Agenda Pre-Summit Conference: Statement of the Chairperson of the AU Commission
10 Jun 2015Statement of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, delivered by HE Mrs Fatima Acyl, Commissioner of Trade and Industry, to the Gender Is My Agenda Pre-Summit Conference: 8-9 June 2...
read moreGlobal trade costs could drop dramatically if countries implement WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, OECD says
10 Jun 2015Implementing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) could reduce worldwide trade costs by anywhere from 12.5% to 17.5%, according to new OECD analysi...
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