Tag: Regional integration
East Africa’s economy races ahead of its African peers, modest growth forecast for the rest of the continent – African Development Bank
04 Apr 19 NewsJob creation and ramping up manufacturing will continue to be major priority areas for creating growth, according to the African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook Reports ...
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01 Apr 19 NewsA suite of REC-related policy updates:
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
An extra-ordinary meeting of the COMESA Council of Ministers will be held on Friday, in L...
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26 Mar 19 NewsThe AU has posted the TOR for the proposed African Labour Migration Advisory Committee (pdf). It is one of the agenda items at next week’s Specialised Technical Committee on Soci...
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25 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Gender considerations in trade agreements (28 March, Geneva). The workshop is organized by Iceland, Botswana and UNCTAD in cooperation with the WTO. It will explore the ro...
5th EPRN Rwanda Annual Research Conference: The AfCFTA – Challenges and Opportunities
14 Mar 19 NewsQuality research needed to help implement the AfCFTA
With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meetin...
Bi-National Commission: South Africa reiterates support for new Zimbabwe
13 Mar 19 NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to work with Zimbabwe in addressing the socio-economic challenges experienced by the two neighbouring countries...
How will South Africa engage the Region, the Continent and the World?
01 Mar 19 BlogIn the African context, South Africa is a trading nation. What does the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2019 say about South Africa’s trade policy? President Ramaphosa emphasi...
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27 Feb 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUC_MoussaFaki:
“Egypt’s parliament approves ratification of the AfCFTA, bringing total parliamentary approvals to 19, of which 15 have alrea...
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19 Feb 19 NewsConference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (20-26 March) on the theme Fiscal policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era: a strategy ...
Public policies for productive transformation: 3rd STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration
18 Feb 19 NewsImplementing effective public policies that facilitate productive transformation is essential for reviving economies. The 2019 African Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) o...
Key decisions of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union
12 Feb 19 NewsHighlighted decisions adopted in Addis Ababa, January 2019
Decision on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Assembly:
Endorsed the recommendations of African Uni...
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11 Feb 19 News32nd Ordinary Session of the African Union: opening address by President Kagame
The future of the global economy is digital. At this Summit, we will consider guidelines for a comm...
32nd African Union Heads of State and Government Summit kicks off
11 Feb 19 NewsThe supreme organ of the African Union (AU), the Assembly, which comprises Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 32nd Ordinary Session on 10...
20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community: Joint Communiqué
01 Feb 19 NewsEnhancing the Economic, Social and Political Integration of the EAC
The East African Community Heads of State, their Excellencies President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Repub...
EAC leaders to meet in Tanzania on Friday
31 Jan 19 News20th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of States scheduled for 1 February 2019 in Arusha
Rwanda has confirmed that President Paul Kagame will attend the East African Communit...
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28 Jan 19 NewsEvents listing, Part II
Profiled trade and development event listings: events happening outside of Africa
ITC and Commonwealth Secretariat: Women in the digital economy and inter...
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25 Jan 19 NewsEvents listing, Part I
Profiled African trade and development events, starting Monday, for your events calendar:
TFTA Technical Committee on Legal Affairs (28-29 January, Nairobi...
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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...