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18 Nov 19 NewsUnderway in Addis Ababa:
(i) SheTrades Global 2019 (held in conjunction with the World Export Development Forum). Discussions will engage with women entrepreneurs from 40 bu...
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05 Nov 19 NewsDiarise:
(i) Africa’s money for African development: A future beyond aid (7 November, Accra). The event is part of series of high-level meetings to be held by...
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31 Oct 19 NewsDavid Luke, Gerald Masila: A trip to Seme-Krake - mending the cracks in the Benin-Nigeria trade relationship (UNECA)
A single trip to the Seme-Krake border and surounding trade ro...
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23 Oct 19 NewsOECD’s 2019 Global Forum on Competition (5-6 December, Paris):
The profiled paper: Competition policy within the context of free trade agreements (pdf). This paper reports the ...
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18 Oct 19 NewsWBG/IMF Annual Meetings: selected updates
The Broadband for All Working Group: Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100bn price tag
Intergovernmenta...
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03 Sep 19 NewsWEF Africa 2019 starts tomorrow in Cape Town: more than 50 head of states set to attend. Access the programme here.
A: Profiled WEF Africa commentaries
Oxfam’s Winnie Byan...
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30 Aug 19 NewsTICAD7: outcome documents
Yokohama Declaration 2019: Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and Innovation
We underscore the importance of private secto...
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29 Aug 19 NewsMadagascar has notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it has initiated three safeguard investigations: on soaps, lubricating oils and on vegetable oils and margarines
T...
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30 Jul 19 NewsSACU’s reforms in shreds (Southern Times)
Namibia’s Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein, who last week became the chairperson of the SACU Council of Minister, admitted to The S...
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26 Jul 19 NewsIs the AfCFTA practical?: a CNBC interview with Rudi Steinbach (World Bank Africa specialist)
Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa (IMF)
This paper attempts to shed l...
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Regional growth spillovers in sub-Saharan Africa
26 Jul 19 NewsAfter close to two decades of strong economic activity, growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) decelerated markedly from 2015-16, to its lowest level in more than 20 years at 1.4 perce...
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01 Jul 19 NewsTwo key trade policy events are taking place this week:
The Aid for Trade Global Review 2019 gets underway in Geneva on Wednesday, ending on Friday. By addressing the supply-...
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24 Jun 19 NewsSelected trade events now underway:
Today in Nairobi: EABC-ITC-TMEA Regional consultative workshop on AfCFTA Tariff Offers and engagement on trade in services
Tomorrow, in Johann...
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03 May 19 NewsDiarise: The G-20 Niigata Agricultural Summit (11-12 May) on the theme Toward Sustainable Agro-Food Sector – emerging issues and good practices
Japan’s trade insurance to cove...
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Services key to revving up economic growth and development
03 May 19 NewsThe 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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Commodity-dependent countries urged to diversify exports
16 Apr 19 NewsExperts discuss recent trends in global commodity markets and explore how commodity-dependent developing countries could achieve inclusive growth.
Developing countries that depend...
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15 Apr 19 NewsZimbabwe Infrastructure Report 2019 (AfDB)
Zimbabwe has faced headwinds over the last decade resulting in a collapse of the economy. However, following the political transition of...
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09 Apr 19 NewsFeatured 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...
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East Africa’s economy races ahead of its African peers, modest growth forecast for the rest of the continent – African Development Bank
04 Apr 19 NewsJob creation and ramping up manufacturing will continue to be major priority areas for creating growth, according to the African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook Reports ...
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Launch of tralac’s Women in Trade Governance Network – Nairobi, 22 March 2019
22 Mar 19 Eventtralac launched its ‘Women in Trade Governance Network’ during its 2019 Annual Conference in Nairobi. The WiTG targets female professionals working in trade policy an...
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