Tag: Standards

German minister pushes for free trade deal ahead of Africa trip (DW) Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller is promoting a “customs-free trade deal in Africa” ahead of ...

The demand for civil society participation in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements has recently intensified following the growing and progressive mainstreaming of...

Southern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange-listed exporter of food and beverages i...

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has urged COMESA to consider establishing a institution to deal with counterfeits and dumping in the regional market. At a meeting bet...

Profiled African REC, trade and development events starting today:   In Lomé: Joint ECOWAS, ECCAS Summit of Heads of State and Government In Kigali: African Tax Aut...

The WCO has published the Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce as adopted at the end of June 2018 by the Council, the Organization’s highest deci...

A reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...

Underway, in Dar es Salaam: Workshop on establishing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap in Tanzania (25-29 June) Underway, in Victoria Falls: NEPAD Agency, PIDA_Africa strategi...

Profiled African trade and regional integration events: (I) The 24th ARSO General Assembly starts today in Durban on the theme: One Africa One Market – the role of standard...

The 24th ARSO General Assembly events, to be hosted by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, through the South African Bureau of Standards will be held on the 18th to 22n...

Thursday was East African Budget Day: an initial overview of some highlights Launching next week, in Mauritius: AfDB’s 1st Electricity Regulatory Index Next week, in Lagos: 3rd...

UNCTAD: World Investment Report 2018 Developed economies saw the biggest drop in FDI flows in 2017 – at 37%, to $712bn – but this was to some extent expected, after a spike in...

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has cleared 20 firms to bring in goods as consolidated cargo in a move expected to streamline importation of goods by small traders. Clearing ...

African CEOs: AfCFTA will boost business sentiment (New Telegraph) Although the implementation of the CFTA agreement could be hindered by challenges and its benefits likely to tak...

Aubrey Hruby: African blue chips need to start corporate venture arms to invigorate startup funding (Quartz) An increasing number of African companies are competing in the global ...

UK Prime Minister to use Commonwealth Summit to boost trade, economic growth and opportunities for the organisation’s young people Already accounting for one fifth of globa...

The World Customs Organisation (WCO) Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC) met for the 3rd time at the WCO headquarters in Brussels from 9 to 12 April 2018. This meeting brought toge...

Lovers of fruits imported from South Africa will have to wait longer before they can find them on the stalls in supermarkets as there is no timeframe within which the current ban o...

Africa’s partnerships with the EU, India: key updates (i) AU Executive Council adopts the African Common Position for negotiations of a new cooperation agreement with the EU. In...

The Departments of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Health, and Trade & Industry briefed the Joint Portfolio Committee Meeting on the Listeriosis Outbreak on 28 March 201...