Tag: Trade facilitation
IAPH regional conference sets pan-African ports agenda
21 Sep 18 NewsFrom 17-19 September 2018, International Association for Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Vice-President in Africa, Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman, hosted the first regional conference under the ...
South African cities see improvements in ease of doing business, but pace of reforms is slow, World Bank report finds
20 Sep 18 NewsSouth African cities are making efforts to improve the ease of doing business, although the pace of reforms has been slow in the last three years, finds a new World Bank Group repo...
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19 Sep 18 NewsProfiled African trade and investment events to diarise:
The NEPAD Agency is organizing three events next week in New York, on the margins of the UN General Assembly debate
First...
Aviation drives economic prosperity for Mauritius
19 Sep 18 NewsThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the government of Mauritius to continue to focus on aviation as a strategic enabler of the country’s economic and soc...
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18 Sep 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @SabineBohlke: Seychelles notified the WTO Committee on Regional Agreements on their accession to the SADC Protocol on Trade. Seychelles is a strategic trading part...
Nigerian President inaugurates first IAPH Regional Conference on African soil
18 Sep 18 NewsThe International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has held its first regional conference on African soil under the theme “African Ports and Hinterland Connectiv...
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13 Sep 18 NewsFeatured trade, regional policy events:
(i) In Abidjan. @ECOWASParliamnt: Parliament-arians convene in Abidjan for the three day seminar on African Continental Free Trade Area. C...
Agriculture and the African Continental Free Trade Area
13 Sep 18 PublicationsFollowing on from an analysis of what continued liberalisation in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may offer African agriculture in the 2017 publication ‘WTO: Agricultural Issu...
World Export Development Forum 2018 held in Lusaka, Zambia
13 Sep 18 NewsThe 18th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) was opened by Zambian Vice-President Inonge Wina, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Christopher Yaluma, and Arancha González,...
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06 Sep 18 NewsJust released: Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2018 (ReSAKSS, AGRODEP, CTA)
The report notes the European Union as the continent’s dominant trading partner, accounting for...
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05 Sep 18 NewsNext week, in Lusaka: World Export Develop-ment Forum 2018:
ITC will launch several publications throughout the conference (11-12 September, Lusaka), including the Business Guide ...
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04 Sep 18 NewsProfiled call for papers: Fourth African Interna-tional Economic Law Network Biennial Conference:
The AfIELN 4th Biennial Conference (18-20 July 2019, Strathmore University, Nairo...
2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony
04 Sep 18 NewsChinese President H.E. Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Monday. The full...
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03 Sep 18 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
(i) Africa Industrialization Week 2018 (19-23 November, Addis Ababa). The theme for the AIW2018 is Promoting regional value chains in Africa: a p...
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27 Aug 18 NewsUnderway, in Arusha: Meeting of EAC-SACU technical officials on an exchange of tariff offers
Starting today, in Nairobi: EAC meeting to develop a harmonised framewo...
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23 Aug 18 NewsLaunched today, in Busia: Cross Border Co-operation Coalition and Campaign. The coalition will consolidate efforts and voices of borderland CSOs to advocate for more enabling cross...
Ethiopia: ERCA implements new customs management system
23 Aug 18 NewsThe Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) has introduced new electronic Customs Management System (CMS), which would help to comply with international customs standards. ...
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21 Aug 18 NewsTransnational corporations, business practices and human rights: DIRCO consultation starts today in Johannesburg, ahead of treaty negotiations at the UN
Diarise: The Fourth Invest...
One-stop border post will boost trading
21 Aug 18 NewsSouthern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area
As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange-listed exporter of food and beverages i...
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20 Aug 18 NewsFeatured tweet, from @ICA_Africa: The ICA Africa ‘Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa’ report for 2017 is currently in development and should be ready by November 2018. I...