Tag: TFTA
Implementation of the Tripartite FTA Agreement now in sight
25 Feb 20 NewsThe implementation of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement is now in sight following a spike in the number of countries ratifying and set to ratify the Agreement. Eight countries ha...
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25 Feb 20 NewsStarting tomorrow: Gabon’s AfCFTA national awareness and sensitization forum
Postponed: The 21st ordinary meeting of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State
The 21st Ordinary Mee...
Botswana deposits Tripartite FTA Ratification instruments
05 Feb 20 NewsBotswana has deposited the instruments of Ratification for the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA Agreement) bringing the number of countries that have done so to eig...
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05 Feb 20 NewsCall for papers: Harnessing intra-COMESA trade through the interface with the African Continental Free Trade Area. Selected papers will be peer reviewed and considered for publicat...
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27 Jan 20 NewsDiarise:
Burundi’s National Trade Facilitation Committee meeting (28-31 January, Bujumbura)
Indian Ocean Rim Association experts’ meeting on intra-regional trade and ...
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22 Jan 20 NewsUnderway in Addis Ababa: The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee
For two days, the 39th Session of the PRC will consider the ...
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27 Sep 19 NewsReporting African trade and industrialization trends, dynamics: media workshops in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Addis Ababa
(i) Next week in Johannesburg: ECA's AfCFTA Media Hub...
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25 Sep 19 NewsTributes continue to pour in following the death of Nigeria's chief trade negotiator and one of the AfCFTA's architects, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. A selection:
(i) Dav...
The Institutional Arrangements of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
13 Sep 19 BlogTo a large extent, the launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 ushered in a new institutional approach towards intra-African trade and integrat...
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04 Sep 19 NewsLaunched today in Accra: The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
The 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor is being published at a critical moment for both international trade r...
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19 Aug 19 NewsThe High-Level Policy Dialogue, Harnessing the benefits of the AfCFTA for a Ghana Beyond Aid, opened today in Accra:
“Execute your watchdog role effectively”: Akufo-Addo tells...
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22 Jul 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, from @ch_nji: “It’s done, Cameroon has ratified the AfCFTA today, 19 July 2019. Instrument of ratification to be deposited with the depository in th...
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12 Jul 19 NewsDiarise:
Uganda-Tanzania Business Forum (4-5 September, Dar es Salaam). The business forum, to be presided over by President Museveni and Tanzania president John Magufuli, wil...
Accelerating Economic Diplomacy towards a better South Africa, Africa and world: DIRCO Budget Vote Speech 2019
12 Jul 19 NewsAddress by Minister Naledi Pandor, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Budget Vote Speech, 11 July 2019 at the National Assembly, Parliament
I am pleased to have...
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11 Jul 19 NewsNext week in Nairobi: “It’s all systems go as Kenya readies to host Africa’s leading premier SME gathering, the Kenya Trade Week and COMESA High Level Business Summit, 15-21 ...
Conclusion of the Bilateral Tariff Negotiations between SACU and the EAC
07 Jun 19 NewsPress release
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which was launched on 10th June 2015, aims to establish a single market for 27 African countries with a co...
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06 Jun 19 NewsNigeria’s UN Permanent Representative, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, was elected on Tuesday to head the UNGA's 74th Session, starting in September:
UN SG António Guterres noted some...
Advancing the intra-African Trade Agenda by implementing the Tripartite FTA
06 Jun 19 PublicationsThe launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 carried the signs of a new approach towards intra-African trade and integration. It was subsequentl...
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03 Jun 19 NewsDiarise:
The Tripartite Sectoral Ministerial Committee (6 June, Addis Ababa)
African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) meeting (7-8 June, Addis Ababa)
Underway in Kigali: Af...
Zambian govt holds sensitization meeting on the TFTA
29 Apr 19 NewsThe Zambian government recently held a sensitization meeting with stakeholders on the Copperbelt mainly from the Chambers of Commerce and the private sector on the Tripartite Free ...