Tag: AfCFTA

From tralac’s recent high-level dialogue on SACU: the workshop report (pdf). Discussions centred on SACU revenue sharing, SACU’s external relations, and the future of SACU. Upd...

The AU Assembly Decision that all Member States of the African Union sign and ratify the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in order to usher i...

Underway in Cape Town: tralac’s first training workshop for journalists who write on trade and integration matters. The workshop includes practical exercises, reviewing cas...

Eckart Naumann: Trump’s steel and aluminium tariff action – putting America first? (tralac) This paper includes an overview of the recently published trade policy agenda to pr...

As Transform Africa Summit 2018 kicks off in Kigali, different experts from across the continent and beyond are deliberating on a number of technology issues and how Africa can rea...

The two-day Ministerial Session of the EAC Council starts today in Arusha. The meeting will, inter alia, consider the Status of Implementation of the EAC Brand Architecture Strateg...

President Paul Kagame this morning co-chaired the opening of the 2018 Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development Annual Spring Meeting alongside Co-chair, Carlos Slim, a...

Forty-four African countries recently signed a framework protocol for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), inching the continent closer to becoming one of the world’...

Consultant to support the AfCFTA negotiations process: The consultant will, inter alia, perform the following key tasks: Assist in the finalization of the annexes to the AfCFTA Ag...

Underway, in Sandton: The Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum. The keynote address was delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. AfCFTA updates, analysis: (i) The ...

Parliament has approved the continental free-trade zone pact, making Kenya the first African country to offer legal backing to the continental trading bloc. The National Assembly ...

Director General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), Ambassador Chinedu Osakwe, said the African situation is the basis for economic operations and integration. T...

A New Times interview with Donald Kaberuka: Reforming the AU is not a choice of the few, but an imperative for all A reposting, from tralac: The consolidated draft text of the AfC...

AfCFTA Ratification Barometer: Rwanda, Ghana (with Kenya’s ratification imminent) Ghana on Thursday night ratified the AfCFTA agreement that will help African countries carry ou...

In the past month, there have been detailed critiques and appraisals of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from different corners. Indeed the agreement is an embodim...

On 16-17 April 2018, tralac – in collaboration with Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) and Zimbabwe Network of Customs and Excise Experts – hosted an AfCFTA Awareness...

The Ghanaian parliament has ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, a move the country said will enhance its chances of being selected to host the AfCF...

The success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will rest significantly on the ability of the continent’s private sector to generate or create the goods that will...

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) hosted in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Group, the second African Corridor Management Alliance (ACMA) board meeting on the 11th of A...

African CEOs: AfCFTA will boost business sentiment (New Telegraph) Although the implementation of the CFTA agreement could be hindered by challenges and its benefits likely to tak...