Tag: Trade Data

African trade and development policy events underway in Abuja: (i) Fourth Meeting of the Technical Working Groups of the Continental Free Trade Area (6-17 November). It will ...

Featured tweet, @selemani: 44 of the 55 African States belong to more than 1 regional economic community. Why the overlap? Trade and integration policy workshops starting today: I...

This EAC Trade and Investment Report analyses the trade and investment flows in 2015. Its main purpose is to gauge EAC trade performance in the global macro-economic and trade cont...

A reminder: The Doing Business 2018 report was released today. Read more here. South Africa’s September trade statistics: another surplus (SARS) The R4bn trade balance surplus ...

South Africa trade surplus well below expectations South Africa’s trade surplus decreased to R4.00 billion in September of 2017 from an upwardly revised 5.98 billion surplus in ...

Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily grow...

This working paper examines the African production and trade profiles for coffee and tea, both important exports from Africa, and the extent to which trade liberalisation across Af...

Underway at the WTO: WAEMU’s Trade Policy Review (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo) Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017...

Document prepared by the WTO Secretariat for the Formal Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries held on 3 October 2017, as revised Over the period 2005-2016...

Digital innovation in trade finance: have we reached a tipping point? (Swift) The Boston Consulting Group published a white paper, to which SWIFT contributed, on digital innovatio...

As African resource-rich countries battle with the macroeconomic impact of the dip in global commodity prices, many look back at the 2004-2013 upswing in the commodity cycle and co...

Document prepared for the Working Party on Financial Statistics to be held on 6 and 7 November 2017 at the OECD Conference Centre Summary Structural changes to the trade fin...

Joint AfDB-AU-ECA-UNDP baseline report urges sustained commitment to reducing poverty and calls for upgrading the continent’s statistical capabilities to ensure and track future ...

Tomorrow, in Cape Town, a CCR Public Dialogue: Civil society’s region-building role in Southern Africa’s agro-processing sector Tomorrow, in Accra, the launch of Imani Africa...

Africa’s economic outlook improved in 2017 compared with 2016 and is expected to gain momentum in 2018. GDP growth in 2017 is expected at 3.0% up from 2.2 in 2016 and projected t...

With the domestic drivers of growth currently under strain, the South African economy will most likely have to rely on exports for a positive performance. Consumer and business co...

Tackling Africa’s Skills Gap to Build More Robust and Diversified Economies Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies are experiencing a modest recovery, with gross domestic product (GDP...

This Trade Update provides a snapshot of South Africa’s trading relationship with Egypt. The aim is to give an idea of South Africa’s trade relations with Egypt, and the m...

This Trade Update provides a snapshot of South Africa’s trading relationship with Nigeria. The aim is to give an idea of South Africa’s trade relations with Nigeria, and the ma...

This week, in Abuja: Seventh meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum The objective of the meeting is to consider the draft texts of the CFTA Agreement and its Annexes and Appendices...