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08 Jun 20 NewsAfrica eyes the world’s top trade job — but spars over its candidate (Politico)
A political heavy-hitter from Nigeria is shaking up the race to lead the World Trade Organizati...
Status of Integration in the Southern African Development Community
08 Jun 20 NewsThe Status of Integration in the SADC Region Report highlights the key achievements and successes made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the area of regional ...
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The OACPS hosts (3 June) first-ever Inter-Sessional Summit on the theme: Transcending the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be chaired by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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26 May 20 NewsThe AfCFTA Secretariat, through the AUC, invites qualified and competent applicants who are citizens of AU Member States to submit applications for the positions of:
Director ...
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19 May 20 NewsHow much will poverty rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? (World Bank)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan A...
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18 May 20 NewsThe AU has advertised the post of executive director for STATAFRIC, based in Tunis. The closing date for applications is 11 June.
African Business: Africa’s Top 250 Companies in...
SADC, World Bank reaffirm commitment to strengthen partnership for regional economic integration despite COVID-19 pandemic
18 May 20 NewsThrough a virtual consultative meeting held on 12 May, 2020, co-chaired by the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, and Ms. Deborah Wetzel, the Dir...
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12 May 20 NewsLauren Johnston: How COVID-19 will change China and Africa’s economic relationship (WEF)
One reason for China’s strictness may be earlier research suggesting that different ty...
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11 May 20 NewsTrade impacts of LDC graduation (WTO)
There are currently 47 LDCs, of which 12 are at different stages of the graduation process. Of these LDCs, seven are WTO members (Angola, Ban...
SADC embracing electronic Certificate of Origin
11 May 20 NewsThe review of the SADC revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and subsequent approval by the Head of States and Government in August 2015 created new d...
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30 Apr 20 NewsAfrican leaders mull 2021 as AfCTA’s new take-off date (This Day)
The Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene, spoke during a webinar on the “Political ec...
SADC Regional Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
30 Apr 20 NewsSADC regional Response to COVID-19: Bulletin No. 3
This report provides the global, continental and regional situation of COVID-19. On the global perspective, the report provides ...
Coronavirus and freight forwarding in SADC
09 Apr 20 BlogSouth Africa is the economic powerhouse in the region. Most countries rely on South Africa, in some way, for their imports. They import goods from South Africa and some import good...
SADC adopts regional Guidelines for harmonising and facilitating movement of critical goods and services across the region during the COVID-19
08 Apr 20 NewsThe Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held their emergency virtual meeting on 6th April, 2020 where, among others, the Ministers adopte...
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08 Apr 20 Newstralac’s Special Edition Newsletter on COVID-19 was posted today: explore nine articles, touching on various trade policy issues and sectors (pdf)
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6th Meeting of the EU-SADC EPA Trade and Development Committee: Joint Communiqué
21 Feb 20 NewsSenior officials from six countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union ...
An update on the African Continental Free Trade Area and Southern African Development Community Protocols on Trade in Services
15 Jan 20 PublicationsThe services sector is key to economic development because it contributes a significant share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment and trade in a country’s economy, regard...
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15 Nov 19 NewsNigeria to form border force with neighbors Benin and Niger to fight smuggling (Reuters)
Nigeria and neighboring countries Benin and Niger have agreed to set up a joint border pat...
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EAC Regional Meeting on Trade Facilitation (22-25 October, Dar es Salaam). The meeting, under the leadership of the EAC Secretariat with the participation of the Chai...
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23 Sep 19 NewsFeatured tweet, Yinka Adeyemi: Chiedu Osakwe, Nigeria's chief trade negotiator, who chaired the Africa process that yielded the AfCFTA in Rwanda is dead. Was a global authority on ...