Tag: Trade governance
2018 PIDA Week: Realising Africa’s integration through smart infrastructure and good governance
12 Sep 18 NewsPIDA Week 2018 is set to take place from 29 October to 2 November in Victoria Falls, hosted by the Government of Zimbabwe under the auspices of the Common Market for Eastern a...
AU, RECs coordination underpins successful implementation of ACFTA
11 Sep 18 NewsCloser coordination between the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities underpins the successful implementation of both the Continental and the Tripartite Free Trade Ar...
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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...
Political support more important than seeds, weather and soil in Africa’s agriculture progress, says new report
06 Sep 18 NewsEthiopia and Rwanda are emerging as models for pairing political will with government action to transform small, family farms into poverty-fighting powerhouses
Most African countr...
Trade Governance Support to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
31 Aug 18 BlogPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand became, on June 21 this year, only the second head of state to give birth in office, after late prime minister Bhutto of Pakistan. She ...
Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and President Uhuru Kenyatta
28 Aug 18 NewsThe US-Kenya Strategic Partnership: 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations
On 27 August 2018, United States President Donald J. Trump welcomed Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Whit...
Identifying the role of civil society in the SADC EPA
21 Aug 18 BlogThe demand for civil society participation in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements has recently intensified following the growing and progressive mainstreaming of...
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17 Aug 18 NewsSADC Summit updates:
Key speeches from South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa (Keynote address as outgoing Chair); Namibia’s Dr. Hage G. Geingob (Acceptance speech as incoming Cha...
2018 SADC Summit – Promoting Infrastructure Development and Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development
13 Aug 18 BlogThe 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take place 17th to 18th August 2018 in Namibia. The occasion...
A study on the global governance architecture for combating illicit financial flows
13 Aug 18 NewsExecutive Summary
The most up-to-date estimates by the Economic Commission for Africa indicate that during the period 2000-2015, net illicit financial flows between Africa and the...
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31 Jul 18 NewsDiarise: 5th COMESA Research Forum (6-10 August, Nairobi)
The 3rd Annual SADC Industrialisation Week began yesterday in Windhoek: an overview
Featured infographic: @AUC_MoussaFak...
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27 Jul 18 News10th BRICS Summit Johannesburg Declaration
BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution (DIRCO)
Extracts from S...
US, African officials prepare for post-AGOA trade future
20 Jul 18 NewsAfrican and US officials, private sector representatives, and members of civil society organisations gathered last week in Washington for the 17th African Growth and Opportunity Ac...
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19 Jul 18 NewsA preview: SADC Industrialisation Week (30 July - 1 August, Windhoek) on the theme of Promoting infrastructure and youth empowerment for sustainable development. Register her...
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12 Jul 18 NewsA Tripartite Consultative Workshop starts tomorrow in Arusha, ending on 17 July.
China’s trade policy review started yesterday at the WTO: the reports submitted by the WTO secre...
Boosting Intra-African Trade: Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement – African Trade Report 2018
12 Jul 18 NewsThe 2018 edition of the African Export-Import Bank’s annual flagship report – the African Trade Report – titled “Boosting Intra-African Trade: Implications of the African C...
In Africa, government action is key to overcoming challenges related to growth, jobs and inequalities
11 Jul 18 NewsAfrica needs development strategies that are more coherent and that prioritise improved public action to stand up to the challenges of growth, jobs and inequalities prompted by the...
The AfCFTA: Overview and implications
04 Jul 18 PublicationsThe AfCFTA is an ambitious project. Although it is called the Continental Free Trade Area, it is more than a trade in goods agreement. It will also cover trade in services, facilit...
African Heads of State and Government hold their 31st AU Summit Meeting in Mauritania
02 Jul 18 NewsThe supreme organ of the African Union, the Assembly, which comprises Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 31st ordinary session on 1 July 2018 ...
Sixth Summit of the SACU Heads of State or Government: Communiqué
01 Jul 18 NewsThe Sixth Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini, former Swaziland) took place on 29 ...