Tag: AfCFTA

ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe was a special guest at the 41st Symposium of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 5-9 Augus...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inc...

The 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf) The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...

The East African Community should channel its resources to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as an alternative to pacts with Europe, Asia and t...

Annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) kicked off on Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh under the patr...

Starting today, in Addis Ababa: AfCFTA negotiations on Rules of Origin (1-11 August) Diarise: 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC (17-18 August, Wind...

Concerns over the content, process and speed of negotiations of Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) persist despite incessant calls for improvement in these areas of th...

Since the 1980s, the manufacturing sector’s contribution to gross domestic product has been fluctuating, stagnating at 11 percent over the past five years to decline to 8.4 perce...

Earlier in July 2018 the annual United States – Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (“AGOA Forum”) drew to a conclusion in Washington, D.C. This annual ev...

Diarise: 5th COMESA Research Forum (6-10 August, Nairobi) The 3rd Annual SADC Industrialisation Week began yesterday in Windhoek: an overview Featured infographic: @AUC_MoussaFak...

The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) and the Pan African Strategic and ...

The implementation of international agreements is about achieving the objectives agreed upon. For trade agreements implementation is ultimately about ensuring active private sector...

10th BRICS Summit Johannesburg Declaration BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution (DIRCO) Extracts from S...

Underway, in Nairobi: African Union E-Commerce Conference The main expected outputs of the conference are: (i) Roadmap for the development of an African e-commerce strategy, which...

Forthcoming African trade and infrastructure events:   Pre-TICAD energy sector and Africa Investment Forum seminar (2 August, Tokyo) UNCTAD's The rise of Africa's Digital Li...

Labour Resource and Research Institute of Namibia director Mike Akuupa says the government has not engaged stakeholders enough regarding the implications the African Continental Fr...

African 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...

Underway, in Addis: IFF Working Group meeting. Operating as the technical arm of the Consortium to Stem Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, the meeting brought together 17 African...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies participated in the opening day of the 17th Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum being held in Washington DC from 11-12 ...

A 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...