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02 Aug 19 NewsDiarise:
tralac’s Certificate Course on International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development (starting 23 September): Applications close on 9 August
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25 Jul 19 NewsThe future of work in Africa: Harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all (World Bank)
This companion report to the World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature...
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South Africa: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
23 Jul 19 ResourceOverview of South Africa’s intra-African trade relationships; top import and export products; and applicable import tariffs for 2018 (and comparative data for 2017)
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15 Jul 19 NewsStarting tomorrow, in Niamey: Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum 2019. The forum (16-18 July) will assess cooperation and firm up plans for the region’s stabilization.
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11 Jul 19 NewsNext week in Nairobi: “It’s all systems go as Kenya readies to host Africa’s leading premier SME gathering, the Kenya Trade Week and COMESA High Level Business Summit, 15-21 ...
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05 Jul 19 NewsToday’s featured commentary, David Pilling (Financial Times Africa Editor): Are tech companies Africa’s new colonialists?
Ghana appears to have won the bid to host the AfCFTA ...
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Rules of Origin key to success of African Continental Free Trade Area
27 Jun 19 NewsRules of origin should be made simple and business friendly for the gains expected from the AfCFTA to be realized.
Rules of origin – the criteria needed to determine the nationa...
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
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Rules of origin, tariffs and the AfCFTA
17 May 19 BlogArticle XXIV of the GATT requires that ‘duties and other restrictive regulations’ on ‘substantially all trade in products originating in such territories’ of the contractin...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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14 May 19 NewsAn explanatory video on the AfCFTA, produced by the ECA_Official Video Channel: How will it benefit us in practice?
“Honour Ghana with AfCFTA Secretariat for sacrifices made tow...
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13 May 19 NewsIn AfCFTA updates:
African Union assesses eSwatini’s suitability for AfCFTA Secretariat
AU begs Nigeria to join new trade zone: the recent Financial Times article, repo...
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30 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update
The AfCFTA Agreement will enter into force on 30 May: update from AUC
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, flanked by the AU Comm...
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18 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement
“Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...
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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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04 Apr 19 NewsThe AfDB’s Regional Economic Outlook: the West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and East Africa regional reports have been launched
The IMF has posted the Analytical Cha...
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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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Tariffs on intra-Africa trade
21 Mar 19 InfographicsThis 3-page infographic provides an overview of tariff measures adopted by African countries on intra-Africa trade.
Many African countries trade under preferential trading arrange...
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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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20 Mar 19 NewsThe joint trade policy review of EAC member countries began today at the WTO: download reports prepared by the EAC and WTO secretariats, advance questions
The World Travel and Tou...
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