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18 Jan 19 NewsToday, in Geneva: Retreat of Ambassadors of Landlocked Developing Countries
South African patent lawyer, Ms Esmé du Plessis, has been appointed to serve on the WTO panel to rule ...
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17 Jan 19 NewsAfrican Economic Outlook 2019: Africa growth prospects remain steady, industry should lead growth (AfDB)
Africa’s general economic performance continues to recover and GDP growt...
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22 Nov 18 NewsWTO updates:
(i) G20 economies: WTO report shows sharp rise in trade-restrictive measures
A total of 40 new trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies during the re...
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Regional Integration as a building block for the Multilateral Trading System
18 Nov 18 BlogThe signing of the Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by African countries earlier this year was a momentous decision which could potentially alter the economic growth traje...
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07 Nov 18 NewsReleased today: Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa – 2017
Extracts (pdf): Overall commitments to Africa’s infrastructure from all sources increased to $81.6bn in 2017 f...
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Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18
06 Nov 18 PublicationsMonitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first editi...
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Intra-African Trade – focusing on trade within Regional Economic Communities
17 Oct 18 PublicationsIntra-African trade is low (at 16.7% according to 2016 tralac analysis) compared to intra-regional trade in other parts of the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...
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15 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
Regional Monitoring Group on the implementation of the EAC Common Market Protocol (17-19 October, Uganda)
The Global Competitiveness Report 2018 will be released...
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Africa and Turkey hold Second Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum to promote cooperation opportunities
15 Oct 18 NewsAfrica and Turkey have concluded the 2nd Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul, co-organised by the African Union Commission and the country’s Ministry of Trade.
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African Development Bank approves strategy to accelerate transformation of Eastern Africa
15 Oct 18 NewsThe African Development Bank has approved the East Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) laying out the roadmap for accelerating regional integration in the Region with...
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Blue economy can be engine of Africa’s economic growth if well utilized, says ECA’s Adejumobi
18 Sep 18 NewsThe Economic Commission for Africa is fully committed to supporting the African Union, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and member States to ensure that the untapped potentials...
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2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC): Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa
04 Sep 18 NewsRemarks by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2018 FOCAC Opening Ceremony in Beijing, China
At the outset, allow me to express our profound gratitude for the gener...
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EALA & EABC set to deepen co-operation on integration matters
22 Aug 18 NewsThe East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and the East African Business Council (EABC) have agreed to deepen co-operation in a bid to strengthen the integration process.
On Mon...
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SADC moves towards multi-currency regional payment settlement system
16 Aug 18 NewsSouthern Africa is making progress towards creation of a multi-currency regional payment system, with the United States dollar expected to become the second currency of settlement ...
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13 Aug 18 NewsNew from tralac
tralacBlog: Trudi Hartzenberg and Gerhard Erasmus reflect on select trade-related matters currently on the SADC agenda
tralacBlog: John Stuart asks, ...
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2018 SADC Summit – Promoting Infrastructure Development and Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development
13 Aug 18 BlogThe 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take place 17th to 18th August 2018 in Namibia. The occasion...
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The case for an integrated African market – the costs of ‘non-AfCFTA’
13 Aug 18 NewsThe signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on March 21 in Kigali by 44 countries represented a milestone towards achieving the long-standing goal of creat...
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EAC Secretariat, AfDB strategize to set up partnership to accelerate Africa’s transformation through regional integration
06 Aug 18 NewsAn African Development Bank mission led by Dr. Marcellin Ndong Ntah, Lead Economist and comprising Mr. Patrick Kanyimbo, Regional Integration Coordinator at the Bank’s East Afric...
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Regional spillovers in sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring different channels
02 Aug 18 NewsAfter close to two decades of strong economic activity, overall growth in sub-Saharan Africa decelerated markedly in 2015-16 as the largest economies experienced negative or flat g...
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Final Communiqué: Joint Summit of ECOWAS and ECCAS Heads of State and Government
31 Jul 18 NewsPeace, Security, Stability and the Fight Against Terrorism and Violent Extremism
The Joint Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African ...
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