Tag: RECs

Extracts from the presentation made by Mr. Prudence Sebahizi, Chief Technical advisor on the CFTA and Head of the CFTA Negotiations Support Unit, during the Africa Trade Forum at A...

Speech by Helen Clark at the Opening Session of the UNDP Africa Cluster Meeting, 2 November 2016 Welcome to the 2016 cluster meeting of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa. Our th...

The African Union Commission Department of Trade and Industry, opened the Service Sector development workshop at the African Union Commission Headquarters on 1 October 2016. The m...

The 2016 Transition Report highlights the need for countries to strengthen capacities for evidence-based policy-making and to improve institutional coordination African countries ...

IGAD Member States representatives, regional and continental stakeholders, private sector actors as well as IGAD, FAO, AUC, and NPCA are attending a two day consultative works...

During the week of 4 to 11 July 2016 tralac hosted a training workshop for the COMESA Court of Justice. It was a very worthwhile experience in terms of offering an opportunity to t...

This Trade Brief documents the trading relationship between the South Africa and the rest of the African continent from 2006 to 2015. The analysis uses UNCOMTRADE data sourced from...

In late 2015, African countries finalised the drafting of the Pan-African Investment Code (PAIC). What is the added value of this continental instrument related to the regulation o...

The second Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development opened on 18 May 2016 under the theme: “Ensuring inclusive and integrated implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Age...

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) held a two day meeting on 12 and 13 May 2016, with key stakeholders representing various capa...

The importance of Africa’s agriculture in contributing to food and nutrition security, poverty reduction and overall economic growth is well documented. However, the task of tran...

The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency on 11 May, 2016 announced the launch of the MoveAfrica Initiative that aims to support the transformation of Africa’s trade by add...

African Union Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of ...

The Seventeenth Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) for Africa kicked off on 2nd April 2016 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference...

The Africa We Want – A Shared Strategic Framework for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development Over the past 50 years (1963-2013) Africa focused her collective on ...

Report prepared for the Ninth Joint AUC-ECA Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of the Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Financ...

In June 2015, the African Union (AU) Summit adopted the negotiating guidelines and roadmap for the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017. The move towa...

IGAD's Conflict Early Waming and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) hosted a meeting of IGAD Member State officials of Trade, Customs and Security on Addressing the nexus between Informal...

Regional Economic Communities (RECs) from the African continent led by the African Union and other strategic continental institutions have concluded talks on the 10 year implementa...

The Joint Coordination Committee meeting is scheduled to take place at Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia from 11-12 March 2016. It shall be pre...