Tag: Technology
Tech Disruption in Africa: Assessing the Potential of the Digital Labour Platform Sector
22 Nov 20 PublicationsDigital labour platforms are applications that run on computers and smart devices and are able to facilitate new online markets for services of diverse types. These platforms disru...
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16 Nov 20 NewsNational
Third chapter of SA investment conference gets underway this week (The South African)
President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the third South Africa Investment Conference on...
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02 Nov 20 NewsNational
Trade stats shows domestic recession keeps imports low (Fin24)
A recovery in commodity prices and global demand saw SA record a trade surplus of R109.5 billion for the t...
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13 Oct 20 NewsNational
South Africa won’t meet debt targets, president’s council says (Moneyweb)
South Africa won’t be able to meet its finance ministry’s debt targets and it may be un...
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02 Oct 20 NewsNational
Tax breaks, grey import probe needed to grow local car market, says Naamsa (Engineering News)
As many European countries reintroduce lockdown measures to deal with a sec...
COMESA launches Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme mobile app
14 Sep 20 NewsThe COMESA Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme (RCTG Carnet) has launched a Mobile Application designed to provide access to real-time information to Clearing and Forwarding ...
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A Strengthened Partnership for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery (US Embassy in South Africa)
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation hosted the 11t...
EAC rolls out Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System
08 Sep 20 NewsThe RECDTS App is designed to stop Corona in its tracks along EAC key transport corridors
The East Africa Community (EAC) Secretariat and its Partner States today held a virtual r...
The Role of Digitalization in the Decade of Action for Africa
08 Sep 20 NewsIt is widely recognized that digitalization is one of the most powerful tools for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Africa’s Agenda 2063.
Digital appl...
COVID-19: Lessons for industrial development and policy for Africa
03 Sep 20 BlogImpact of COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected industries and economic fundamentals (e.g. demand, supply and production) in Africa and globally. It h...
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02 Sep 20 NewsBreaking: Nigeria’s foreign trade drops to N6.24 trillion, trade balance hits N1.8 trillion deficit (Nairametrics)
The value of Nigeria's total foreign merchandise trade stood a...
Digital transformation should be top priority for Africa’s leaders
01 Sep 20 NewsAfrican leaders need to think digital always, especially now as the continent continues to grapple with the ongoing coronavirus crisis that has affected millions across the world, ...
In wake of COVID-19, African Union to keep AfCFTA on track with digital technology
16 Aug 20 NewsSince the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has shifted most of its activities online.
In this contex...
Rwanda harnesses technology to fight COVID-19, drive recovery
06 Aug 20 NewsIn a conversation with IMF Country Focus, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury Richard Tusabe explains how his government is leveraging technology and grass-...
Digital technologies could help Uganda’s economy recover faster
10 Jul 20 NewsUganda’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2020 is projected to be between 0.4 and 1.7% compared to 5.6% in 2019, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic...
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02 Jul 20 NewsAfrican Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccines (ReliefWeb)
In a communique issued following the ‘Africa’...
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11 Jun 20 NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa, as the AU Chairperson, convened a virtual meeting of the African Union Bureau and RECS today to discuss, inter alia, the Africa COVID-19 pandemic strateg...
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...
South African Mining and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: South Africa’s exports of Mining Equipment, Technology and Services
18 Jan 20 PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was signed by 44 AU member states in 2018 and came into force in May 2019 after being ratified by 22 member states – the req...
Africa trade and technology
15 Jan 19 NewsIntroduction
It is perceived that economic nationalism has slowed the meteoric rise of global trade. Since the Uruguay Round created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, tr...