Tag: Regional integration
Developing mutual recognition agreements for professional skills mobility in the Southern African Development Community
28 Jun 19 PublicationsSeveral recommendations have been put forward to address skills shortages or gaps in Africa. African governments are increasingly pursuing market liberalisation in order to tap the...
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25 Jun 19 NewsConcluding today, in Geneva: Seventh IMF-WB-WTO Trade conference. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo delivered the opening speech.
AfCFTA updates:
Morocco’s MPs, yesterd...
“To integrate Africa, bring down the walls,” Adesina urges at 2019 African Development Bank Annual Meetings open in Malabo
13 Jun 19 NewsAfrican leaders on Wednesday underscored the urgent need to fast-track the continent’s regional integration process in order to accelerate Africa’s economic transformation.
Th...
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12 Jun 19 NewsThe highlight of the opening day of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings, yesterday in Malabo, was the release of one of its flagship reports, the African Economic Outlook. An easy guide t...
Central Africa could be the continent’s rising star, thanks to the African Continental Free Trade Area
12 Jun 19 NewsCentral Africa stands to benefit the most from the AfCFTA, data from the African Development Bank shows.
Hanan Morsy, Director of Research at the Bank, revealed the findings at th...
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Welfare gains estimates from a general equilibrium model
10 Jun 19 NewsIn March 2018, representatives of member countries of the African Union signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, providing a framework for trade liberaliz...
Conclusion of the Bilateral Tariff Negotiations between SACU and the EAC
07 Jun 19 NewsPress release
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which was launched on 10th June 2015, aims to establish a single market for 27 African countries with a co...
Advancing the intra-African Trade Agenda by implementing the Tripartite FTA
06 Jun 19 PublicationsThe launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 carried the signs of a new approach towards intra-African trade and integration. It was subsequentl...
South African government steps up the pace of African trade integration
06 Jun 19 NewsIn a step to boost the newly-approved African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), South Africa will be participating in a meeting of African Ministers of Trade in Ethiopia. ...
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21 May 19 NewsNigeria’s funding of the AU: FEC approves implementation of new import levy (Daily Post)
The Federal Executive Council, yesterday, approved the rate of 0.2% as the new imp...
What happens to the RECs once the AfCFTA is in force?
17 May 19 BlogRegional integration has been a prominent feature of inter-state cooperation in Africa for a long time. It is pursued for solidarity, historical, political and economic reasons. In...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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10 May 19 NewsThe Bus King of Africa (Moneyweb)
Having conquered the South African bus market, Busmark CEO Pat Nodada is now partnering with the Industrial Development Corporation to build bus ...
East African Private sector discusses their contribution to the AfCFTA
10 May 19 NewsEABC charts out ways to leverage on the AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) isn’t simply a ‘Free Trade Agreement’; it’s about establishing a unified co...
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09 May 19 NewsTwo to Tango: An evaluation of World Bank Group support to fostering regional integration (World Bank)
This evaluation assesses the Bank Group’s effectiveness and comparative ad...
African Development Bank Civil Society Forum, partners, seek faster continental integration
09 May 19 NewsEngaging Civil Society in Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity
Deeper engagement with civil society on development projects has resulted in acceptance of projec...
Services key to revving up economic growth and development
03 May 19 NewsThe services sector accounts for more economic activity than any other and its contribution to gross domestic product, trade and employment is ticking up.
Enhancing the services s...
Ratification of the AfCFTA Agreement: What happens next?
30 Apr 19 PublicationsIn January 2012, the African Union (AU) decided to establish a Continental Free Trade Area “to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of bu...
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29 Apr 19 NewsDITE for Africa: Introducing the AU’s Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative. Download the concept note
AfCFTA updates:
This week in Arusha, Tanzani...