Tag: Regional integration
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16 May 17 Newstralac’s Tarik Oguz examines the latest malicious software code attack
Race for supremacy: India, Japan plan alternative to counter China’s OBOR (Business Standard)
Away from...
Why the African Union must press ahead with a business and human rights policy
10 May 17 NewsThe African Union (AU) is developing a policy designed to hold companies to account by setting down guidelines on how they should conduct business on the continent.
The aim of th...
SADC moves towards a Simplified Trade Regime
09 May 17 NewsStudies and experiences from other parts of the world show that the simplification and streamlining of documentation requirements as well as import and export formalities significa...
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08 May 17 NewsLater this week, in Addis: the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII Expert Group Meeting (10-11 May)
Africa Integration Index: Fourth edition launched (Visa)
This index ...
Own AU reforms process – Kagame
08 May 17 NewsPresident Paul Kagame has called on African countries and regional economic communities to take ownership of the African Union reforms process to facilitate urgent implementation. ...
Visa launches 4th edition of Africa Integration Index
08 May 17 NewsVisa has launched the 4th edition of its Africa Integration Index that measures the degree of economic integration with key trade corridors of sub-Saharan Africa.
Launched at the ...
Overview of the rebate facilities in the Southern African Customs Union
03 May 17 PublicationsThe Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement (SACUA) of 2002 aims to facilitate free movement of goods between SACU member countries. For goods imported outside the region, ...
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02 May 17 NewsStarting today, in Berlin: B20 Germany 2017 Summit. Featured preview
Underway, in Addis: IPCC meeting to draft Sixth Assessment Report outline
Featured tweets: (i) @AUTradeIndust...
EAC puts off ratification of tripartite trade deal
02 May 17 NewsThe East African Community (EAC) has postponed ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) from March to December this year, after failing to agree on the contentiou...
World Economic Forum on Africa 2017: Achieving Inclusive Growth
26 Apr 17 NewsAchieving Inclusive Growth
Durban, South Africa, 3-5 May 2017
Africa is facing a mixed outlook for growth. The economic growth forecast for the continent over the coming yea...
President Kagame speaks on African Union reforms
25 Apr 17 NewsRemarks by President Paul Kagame at the Meeting on Institutional Reform of the African Union in Conakry, 24 April 2017
Good morning. It is a pleasure to be back in Conakry.
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Regional Livestock Facility Hub launched
24 Apr 17 NewsCOMESA has established a regional livestock facility hub which will operate as a network of stakeholders interested in and committed to improving the institutional environment at r...
Double taxation pact put on ice as businesses cry foul
21 Apr 17 NewsEast African Community member states are wavering on a plan to implement an agreement on double taxation avoidance (DTA), over fears that the deal could provide a loophole for tax ...
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20 Apr 17 NewsFeatured tweet, infographic, @LopesInsights:
Attending @AfricaProg conf. Brexit impact on Africa. Even w/ underestimated figures Africa’s GDP would make AU G7 seat justified, li...
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19 Apr 17 NewsFeatured tweet/infographic, @RencapMan:
While some like to suggest the Africa Rising story is over, there are an awful lot of African countries still growing at 5% or more
Profil...
IGAD State of the Region Report 2016
19 Apr 17 NewsFormulation of IGAD Strategy and Medium-Term Implementation Plan 2016-2020
Baseline Studies at the National Level on IGAD Priority Sectors
IGAD is committed to the vision of an i...
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18 Apr 17 NewsVera Songwe, a Cameroonian economist and banking executive, is the new UNECA Executive Secretary. Ms Songwe has been working as the International Finance Corporation’s regional d...
Review of the implementation of the commitments made towards Africa’s development: Stakeholders’ consultations
18 Apr 17 NewsThe Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) has embarked in a new series of consultations in preparation of the third review of the implementation of the commitments made to...
The relation between the Tripartite FTA and the Continental FTA
12 Apr 17 NewsThis article is based on the forthcoming publication by Francis Mangeni and Calestous Juma, entitled Emergent Africa – the Evolution of Regional Integration, Cambridge Unive...
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11 Apr 17 NewsA rebalancing act for China and Africa: the effects of China’s rebalancing on Sub-Saharan Africa’s trade and growth (IMF)
How does China’s new growth model affect sub-Sahara...