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26 Apr 19 NewsZimbabwe shoots down Masiyiwa’s rand proposal (Bulawayo24)
Industry and Commerce minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has shot down the suggestion by billionaire telecoms tycoo...
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25 Apr 19 NewsAfrican trade policy events taking place today:
In Maseru: SACU Council of Ministers meeting
In Arusha: EABC-UNECA workshop on the role of the private sector in the AfCFTA
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23 Apr 19 NewsThe 8th Annual Borderless 2019 Conference starts tomorrow in Accra. The theme: Trade facilitation intra-regional in West Africa – new trends
Inclusive trade in Africa: The Afric...
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17 Apr 19 NewsPosted, by the AU: The decisions, declarations, resolution and motions from the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (February, Addis Ababa). Decisions include: ...
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10 Apr 19 NewsConcluding today, in Windhoek: UNCTAD regional capacity building training workshop on the use of statistics and the Productive Capacities Index to inform evidence-based policy-maki...
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08 Apr 19 NewsThe World Bank-IMF 2019 Spring Meetings open today in Washington
UNCTAD’s Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Competition Law and Policy takes place today in Geneva
UNCTAD’s eComm...
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28 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: SWIFT’s African Regional Conference (18-20 June, Accra) on the theme Enabling the Digital Economy
South Africa’s February 2019 trade balance will be released tomorrow...
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Trade Policy Review: East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda)
21 Mar 19 NewsThe third joint Trade Policy Review of the East African Community (EAC) takes place on 20 and 22 March, 2019 to provide clarification from the EAC members on its trade policies and...
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15 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Canada Africa Business Conference (26-27 March, Gaborone)
Nigeria’s PEBEC launches innovative public service feedback, complaints platform to drive Ease of Doing Busine...
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There is a time for everything: the African Continental Free Trade Area
06 Mar 19 NewsRemarks by Dr. Donald Kaberuka at the 23rd East Africa Law Society Annual Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, 30 November 2018
Thank you and Good Morning.
It is a pleasure to be here.&...
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28 Feb 19 NewsThe WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva. Kenya, Cuba, Bolivia and Laos have associated themselves with the submission by China, India, South Africa and Venezuela on The co...
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25 Feb 19 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry will, on Wednesday, be briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry on ongoing n...
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22 Feb 19 NewsMarking two years since the TFA entered into force: An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and African countries
This tralac Trade Brief gives an account of the current...
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How Can Blockchain Support Intra-African Trade?
21 Feb 19 Blog‘Blockchain’ – or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) – is a technology whereby a ledger of transactions, or other form or record, is maintained electronically by being dis...
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An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and African countries
21 Feb 19 PublicationsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) defines trade facilitation as the simplification, modernization, and harmonisation of export and import processes. Trade facilitation at the WTO ...
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18 Feb 19 News3rd STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Ecnomic Planning and integration (4-8 March, Yaoundé)
The 3rd Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Pl...
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15 Feb 19 NewsAfrican Union Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture: Continental strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa 2018-2023
The protection of GIs could give African coun...
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WTO Members discuss progress and assistance on Trade Facilitation Agreement’s 2nd year
15 Feb 19 NewsWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) members took stock of progress in implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the 12-13 February meeting of the Committee on Trade Facilit...
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07 Feb 19 NewsEconomic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern Southern Africa (ESA) States and the UK: documentation downloads
Explanatory memorandum
Parliamentary report
Treaty text
Afri...
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06 Feb 19 NewsUnderway, in Monrovia: Network of Economic Journalists of West Africa meeting on AfCFTA
Diarise: 3rd German-African Business Summit (11-13 February, Accra)
African Mining Indaba:...
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