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39th SADC Summit: Towards Inclusive, Sustainable Industrial Development

06 Aug 19 News

Leaders from southern Africa are meeting for their annual summit next week to chart the development agenda of the region. Running under the theme “A Conducive Environment f...

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23 Jul 19 News

Diarise: The 7th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2019 takes place on 29-30 August in Nairobi Featured African trade policy tweets: @AfricaMediaHu...

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10 Jul 19 News

Underway, in New York: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Niamey Summit wrap, reactions Multi-video: Africa punches below its weight when it comes to inter...

Reflections on Climate Change – from COP24 to…

28 Jun 19 Publications

The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) took place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24, which marked the th...

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27 May 19 News

T20 communique for G20 Leaders: extracts from recommendations from Task Force 5 on Cooperation with Africa (pdf) Agree on a unified approach towards macroeconomic stability ...

West Africa’s ICE focuses on demographic dynamics for sustainable development in the region

13 May 19 News

The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of senior officials and Experts (ICE) for West Africa concluded in Liberia on 10 May 2019. It was held under the theme, Dem...

Services key to revving up economic growth and development

03 May 19 News

The services sector accounts for more economic activity than any other and its contribution to gross domestic product, trade and employment is ticking up. Enhancing the services s...

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18 Apr 19 News

AfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement “Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...

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09 Apr 19 News

Featured tweet, @EgyptAbaba: Few minutes ago, I officially deposited Egypt AfCFTA ratification instrument. Egypt is 18th depositor of the free trade area and four more to go to ent...

Tax reform, digitization key to financing Africa’s development – ECA report

23 Mar 19 News

A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging di...

There is a time for everything: the African Continental Free Trade Area

06 Mar 19 News

Remarks by Dr. Donald Kaberuka at the 23rd East Africa Law Society Annual Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, 30 November 2018 Thank you and Good Morning. It is a pleasure to be here.&...

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26 Feb 19 News

The new head of Afreximbank’s Southern Africa Regional Office: Humphrey Nwugo The AfDB has posted an EOI for a trade and regional integration expert to work on, inter alia, the ...

2019 Conference of Ministers: Fiscal policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era – a strategy for Africa

19 Feb 19 News

The 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held in Marrakech, Mo...

Hunger on the rise in Africa, new UN report reveals

13 Feb 19 News

A new joint United Nations report reveals that hunger is on the rise in Africa following years of decline due to a number of reasons, including difficult global economic conditions...

International push to improve food safety

12 Feb 19 News

International Food Safety Conference opens with call for greater global cooperation Greater international cooperation is needed to prevent unsafe food from causing ill health and ...

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01 Feb 19 News

20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community: Joint Communiqué Highlights: The Summit received a progress report on the Review of the East African De...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State Visit to India

29 Jan 19 News

President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his media remarks on 25 January 2019 following his first State Visit to India as President of the Republic of South Africa, said that fruitfu...

African policymakers must pay more attention to counterfeit drugs

29 Jan 19 News

A new study shows that poor and vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, suffer the most. Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products c...

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28 Jan 19 News

Events listing, Part II Profiled trade and development event listings: events happening outside of Africa ITC and Commonwealth Secretariat: Women in the digital economy and inter...

EU-AU Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting: Joint Communiqué

28 Jan 19 News

Europe and Africa are each other’s closest neighbours. What happens in Africa matters in Europe, and vice versa. As equal partners with mutual interests, the two sides are worki...