Tag: Regional integration
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27 Mar 17 NewsCFTA negotiations update: The Eighth Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Continental Task Force kicked off today in Arusha - @AUTradeIndustry
Economic Report on Africa 2017...
ERA 2017 launched in Dakar; calls on Africa to take advantage of rapid urbanization
27 Mar 17 NewsThe Economic Report on Africa 2017, which examines how the continent can accelerate industrialization as a vehicle for Africa’s structural transformation by harnessing oppor...
#CoM2017: Dakar talks on Africa collapse
27 Mar 17 NewsTalks in Dakar, Senegal, aimed at mapping out steps to be taken to confront Africa’s hydra-headed challenges have collapsed.
The talks collapsed after delegates failed to reach ...
One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) Sourcebook, 2nd edition
27 Mar 17 NewsWhile the African continent has experienced rapid growth in trade over recent decades, intra-African trade has lagged due to low levels of trade facilitation and industrialization....
Fastest-growing region in Africa suffering from slow pace of structural transformation
27 Mar 17 NewsDespite being the fastest growing sub-region of the continent with an economic growth rate of 6.7% – second in the world to East Asia, East Africa is lagging behind in terms of i...
Validation workshop of the African Union Policy on Business and Human Rights
24 Mar 17 NewsThe two-day validation workshop on the Draft AU Policy Framework on Human Rights and Business co-organized by the African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs and t...
Tools to enhance operations at One Stop Border Posts being developed
24 Mar 17 News
The East African Community is developing a Regional Training Curriculum to support the operationalization of One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs) within the bloc. The training curriculu...
Africa Development Week opens in Dakar with clarion call for policies that cater for youth
24 Mar 17 NewsIt is imperative for African governments to adopt coherent strategies and national development plans that address the continent’s challenges of growth, inequality and unemploymen...
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23 Mar 17 NewsFeatured tweet, by AUC Deputy Chairperson, Amb. Kwesi Quartey: Conference of Ministers is going to be a heavy but interesting agenda for the next couple of days,with frank conve...
2017 AU-ECA Conference of Ministers: Committee of Experts’ meeting
23 Mar 17 NewsPlease note: This meeting was postponed until October 2017
As part of the Tenth Joint AUC-ECA Annual Meetings on the theme “Growth, inequality and unemployment”, the Afri...
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22 Mar 17 NewsStarting today, in Stellenbosch: ICTSD workshop Leveraging services and digital potential for inclusive economic growth
Concluding today, in Geneva: UNCTAD’s Oceans Forum on tra...
Mugabe takes swipe at SA for not freeing up trade
22 Mar 17 NewsZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has taken a swipe at South Africa for what he says is Pretoria’s failure to open up free trade in the Southern African Development Community (S...
SADC seeks investment in energy
22 Mar 17 NewsSouthern Africa will soon convene a special conference to present its multi-billion-dollar energy infrastructure development plan to potential funders.
SADC Council of Ministers c...
How can transport infrastructure promote trade and sustainable development on the African continent?
22 Mar 17 NewsThe role of infrastructure in economic development is widely recognised. How can the development of a more integrated transport infrastructure network support the achievement of th...
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20 Mar 17 NewsToday, at the WTO: MIKTA Trade and Investment Workshop
Starting today, in Accra: AU Protocol on Free Movement of Persons in Africa: meeting of Member States Legal Experts (20...
From barriers to bridges: Implementing One Stop Border Posts for improved trade facilitation
20 Mar 17 NewsDocument prepared for the Tenth Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the E...
Is the East African Community broke?
20 Mar 17 NewsAssembly calls for urgent remittances by Partner States to enable bloc meet its obligations
The activities of the EAC are perpetually grinding to a halt – unless immediate remed...
Key ECA reports to be launched during African Development Week in Senegal
20 Mar 17 NewsThe Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will this week launch important reports at the second Africa Development Week that begins in Dakar, Senegal on 23 March ending March 28, 20...
Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC held at Lozitha, Kingdom of Swaziland
20 Mar 17 NewsCommuniqué
Extra Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government held at Lozitha Palace (Mandvulo), Swaziland on March 18th, 2017
The Extra Ordinary Summit o...
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17 Mar 17 Newstralac’s Annual Conference 2017 will take place 6-7 April, in Cape Town. The conference theme: International Trade Governance – quo vadis?
Inaugural African Economic Platform ...