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Commodity-dependent countries urged to diversify exports

16 Apr 19 News

Experts 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 News

Zimbabwe 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 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...

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 News

Job 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 ...

Trade and gender training, new research and EIF initiative announced on Women’s Day at WTO

08 Mar 19 News

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo announced new efforts for women’s economic empowerment through trade, including a training module and new researc...

The continued relevance of S&DT in favour of Developing Members to promote development and ensure inclusiveness

20 Feb 19 News

Communication from China, India, South Africa and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, for discussion at the Formal Meeting of the WTO General Council on 28 February 2019 Th...

Prospects for reforming/strengthening the WTO

14 Feb 19 Blog

Media coverage of the discussions at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos (which combined globalization issues with the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”) sketched a mixed and...

African Group Statement: Informal WTO Ministerial gathering at WEF 2019

05 Feb 19 News

This statement is circulated by H.E. Minister Rob Davies to the informal WTO Ministerial gathering in Davos on behalf of Benin, as the Coordinator of the African Group. The t...

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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...

20th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community: Joint Communiqué

01 Feb 19 News

Enhancing the Economic, Social and Political Integration of the EAC The East African Community Heads of State, their Excellencies President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Repub...

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...

An undifferentiated WTO: Self-declared development status risks institutional irrelevance

17 Jan 19 News

Communication from the United States In the preamble to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, the Parties recognized that “their relations in the fi...

Darkening prospects: Global economy to slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 as trade, investment weaken

15 Jan 19 News

Emerging, developing economies should rebuild policy buffers, boost productivity to sustain growth Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percen...

Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair ends, Kigali announced host of IATF2020

18 Dec 18 News

The inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2018) ended in Cairo on 17 December 2018 with the Rwandese capital of Kigali being announced as the host of the 2020 event. Former Nig...

Second Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa: Djibouti Outcome

18 Dec 18 News

Trade for Peace through WTO Accessions Introduction The Second Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa took place in Djibouti from 3 to 6 December 2018...

Former Nigerian President Obasanjo, in appearance at Intra-African Trade Fair, urges quick ratification of AfCFTA

17 Dec 18 News

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Cairo urged all African countries to ensure the quick ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)...

ECA hosts Trade Finance for Female Entrepreneurs workshop at IATF 2018

17 Dec 18 News

Female entrepreneurs around the globe typically face greater barriers to accessing trade finance than their male counterparts, more so in the developing world where cultural norms ...

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12 Dec 18 News

Starting tomorrow: Ministerial Retreat, in Nairobi, on trade facilitation in the EAC: ministers are expected to adopt a declaration of policy objectives for a regional trade f...

Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair to drive continent’s development of export manufacturing

12 Dec 18 News

The first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held on the continent opened on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 in Cairo, Egypt with the President of the African Export-Import ...

At closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development

07 Dec 18 News

Economic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable and inclusive development that reduce poverty and inequality in a...