Tag: Regional integration
AfDB’s Regional Integration Strategy: African leaders gather in Abidjan
07 Dec 17 News“Integrate Africa”, the fourth of the African Development Bank (AfDB’s) five strategic development priorities, the High 5s, was the central theme of discussions with regional...
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05 Dec 17 NewsECDPM has, today, launched a series of policy briefs on the Political Economy Dynamics of Regional Organisations in Africa
Launching, on Thursday, in Nairobi: East African Cross-B...
Open borders will do more good than harm, say experts
05 Dec 17 NewsPresident Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive to open up Kenyan borders for East Africans will have a more positive than negative impact, players in various sectors have said.
The player...
CFTA Update – 4th Meeting of the AMOT, Niger
04 Dec 17 NewsAn intense four weeks of CFTA negotiations, including meetings of the Technical Working Groups, the Negotiating Forum, and the Senior Trade Officials, culminated in a pivotal meeti...
CFTA negotiations intensify as deadline looms
01 Dec 17 NewsAfrican Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) will meet in Niamey, Niger, on 1 and 2 December in a bid to finalize negotiations on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by the end of 20...
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29 Nov 17 NewsUpdates from the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres: remarks at the Opening of the 5th African Union-European Union...
Kenya adopts visa on arrival for Africans
29 Nov 17 NewsPresident Paul Kagame yesterday congratulated his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta and the Kenyan people during Kenya’s presidential inauguration in Nairobi.
Speaking in S...
Region in joint efforts to develop cross-border trade
29 Nov 17 NewsRwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo officials have committed to work together in addressing challenges hindering cross-border trade in the region...
North Africa’s trade arrangements: Complementarities and contradictions with the CFTA
27 Nov 17 NewsSummary Report
The Arab NGO Network for Development, l’Espace Associatif, Third World Network-Africa, and Regions Refocus, in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, conven...
“The CFTA will contribute to the completion of the architecture of the African Union System (AUS)”
23 Nov 17 NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission is organizing the 8th Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 20-24 Novembe...
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20 Nov 17 NewsToday is Africa Industrialization Day:
Panel discussions will take place in Vienna and New York, organized by UNIDO. Download the concept note (pdf). António Guterres: “This ye...
Africa Industrialization Day 2017: Strategic investment in cross-border infrastructure will advance Africa’s trade, industrial capacity
20 Nov 17 NewsIndustrialization is a primary driver of economic growth and job creation, and will be pivotal in efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Uni...
How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement
15 Nov 17 NewsAfrican countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area between 55 countries by early next year. The idea, adopted by the African Union in 20...
Ghana condemns obstacles to easy movement of goods into Nigeria
14 Nov 17 NewsIn spite of the seemingly rosy economic and business relations that exist between Nigeria and Ghana, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana, Carlos Ahenkora, has decried ...
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06 Nov 17 NewsToday, in Arusha: Review of draft concept note, TOR, Roadmap and budget estimates for development of EAC Political Confederation Constitution
Starting today, in Abuja: ECOWAS Comm...
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03 Nov 17 NewsTransforming African economies through smart trade and industrial policy (UNECA)
The present report builds on the recommendations of the 2015 Economic Report on Africa throug...
Transforming African economies through smart trade and industrial policy
03 Nov 17 NewsIn the 2015 Economic Report on Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa, a clear case was established for the increased and improved use of trade and trade policy as tools to d...
Status of integration on agenda as EAC ministers meet in Arusha
03 Nov 17 NewsA report on the status of East African Community integration agenda covering the period July 2016 to June 2017 will be high on agenda as ministers responsible for EAC affairs and p...
10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration ends on high note
03 Nov 17 NewsThe 10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (CRCI) ended in Addis Ababa Thursday night with participants adopting recommendations that will ...
A transformative Continental Free Trade Area requires inclusion of women
02 Nov 17 NewsA group of experts met in Addis Ababa for the 2017 edition of the Continental Workshop on Trade and Gender under the theme, “The role of regional economic communities in supporti...