Tag: Trade finance
COVID-19 and trade in SSA: Impacts and policy response
02 Jun 20 NewsCOVID-19 will have a severe economic impact in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trade is the Key Channel
The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis. However, measures a...
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20 May 20 NewsWTO goods barometer flashes red as COVID-19 disrupts world trade (WTO)
The volume of world merchandise trade is likely to fall precipitously in the first half of 2020 as the COVID...
IMF and WTO heads call for lifting trade restrictions on medical supplies and food
25 Apr 20 NewsInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo issued a joint call on 24 April for governments to refrain from i...
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01 Nov 19 NewsNext week in Durban: Afreximbank’s Trade Finance Seminar (4-7 November), to be followed by a one day Factoring workshop. The programme can be accessed here.
AfDB shareholders ap...
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09 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: 35th ICE for Central Africa on the theme Digital transformations and economic diversification in Central Africa (23-27 September, Malabo, tbc)
Afreximbank’s support of ...
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11 Apr 19 NewsApplications for UNCTAD’s online course on Trade and Gender for COMESA (pdf) close on 28 April. The course will be held from 20 May to 14 July.
Today, in Cairo: The road to Niam...
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08 Mar 19 NewsOur profiled International Women’s Day feature: Women are at the heart of African cities. The continent needs urban policies that empower them (CityMetric)
Growing evidence sugg...
Expert Group Meeting on Trade Finance: Informal report by the WTO Secretariat
08 Mar 19 NewsIntroduction
The objective of the February 2019 meeting was twofold: (i) to take stock of the current market situation; (ii) discuss progress on initiatives aimed at addressing th...