Tag: Regional integration
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03 May 23 NewsBig boost for trade in South Africa (Business Tech)
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R6.9 billion in March 2023, according to the South African Revenue...
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11 Apr 23 NewsEmpowering Farmers: Enhancing Zambia’s Horticultural Exports (Trade for Development News)
Zambia’s horticultural sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, makin...
How will historians and economists one day look back at the AfCFTA?
08 Mar 23 BlogRight from its inception there have been high expectations, here and abroad, about how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would unlock Africa’s potential to increas...
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07 Feb 23 NewsProposed excise stamp rate hikes bad for Kenya’s manufacturing agenda (Business Daily)
The proposed Excise Duty (Excise Goods Management System) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 se...
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01 Feb 23 NewsCitrus growers call for urgent WTO intervention to ensure oranges can be exported to EU (Engineering News)
Industry organisation the Citrus Growers Association of South Afric...
The AfCFTA and continental Integration: What role for Women?
25 Jan 23 BlogAfrican economic integration has been on the agenda for decades and has seen several designs. Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) there is a new approach. This B...
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23 Jan 23 NewsConstruction Industry Plays Critical Role in Creating an Enabling Environment in South Africa (the dtic)
The construction industry plays a critical role in creating an enabling bu...
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17 Jan 23 NewsSouth Africa: Renewables industrialisation plan to be aligned to expected surge in private projects
The newly appointed facilitator of the South African Renewable Energy Masterpla...
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16 Jan 23 NewsEconomic growth facing challenges – Godongwana (SAnews)
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says international and local challenges continue to pose as obstacles in the growth of ...
Comment la ZLECA s'intègre dans le schéma d'intégration régionale existant en Afrique
20 Dec 22 BlogL’accord de la ZLECA est défini comme “le présent Accord établissant la Zone de Libre-Échange Continentale Africaine et ses protocoles, annexes et appendices qui en font pa...
The AfCFTA design will determine how it will function and evolve
29 Nov 22 PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in legal instruments concluded by sovereign states. For trade in goods the AfCFTA establishes, through its Protocol on ...
How the AfCFTA began and evolved
28 Nov 22 PublicationsAfrican economic integration has a long history, but 10 years ago the African Union (AU) Assembly adopted a decision that put matters on a new course. This decision dealt with boos...
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27 Nov 22 NewsLocal news
R4-trillion needed for South Africa’s hydrogen economy, PIC declares (Engineering News)
South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) stated on Mo...
How the AfCFTA fits into Africa’s existing regional integration scheme
23 Nov 22 BlogThe AfCFTA Agreement is defined as “this Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area and its Protocols, Annexes and Appendices which shall form an integral par...
Kenya and South Africa sign deals to deepen bilateral relations
14 Nov 22 BlogEconomic integration is vital for Africa. The domestic markets of many African nations are small; several are Least Developed Countries (LDCs), land-locked, or island economies. Ec...
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13 Nov 22 NewsUpdates from COP27
Namibia Minister launches Conference Outcome at COP27 Africa Day event (UNECA)
Africa Day took place on Tuesday the 8th November 2022 at the Africa Pavilion at...
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30 Oct 22 NewsLocal news
South African transport infrastructure needs to be prioritised, panel states (Engineering News)
Infrastructure in South Africa’s logistics sector needs to be a prior...
The role of Negotiating Principles in the design of the AfCFTA
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Since the launch of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA),[1] negotiations on trade liberalisation among African States have been based on a specific set of principl...
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24 Aug 22 NewsLocal news
Scrap metal export ban to buy time for SA to build systems to tackle illegal activity (Engineering News)
The proposed policy to ban the export of waste, scrap and semi...