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26 May 2020The AfCFTA Secretariat, through the AUC, invites qualified and competent applicants who are citizens of AU Member States to submit applications for the positions of:
Director ...
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25 May 2020Trudi Hartzenberg: Some reflections on Africa Day 2020, COVID-19 and the AfCFTA
We will all remember Africa Day 2020. Africa Day, which we have been celebrating on 25 May each yea...
read moreCOVID-19 must enable a new Africa – President Ramaphosa
25 May 2020Africa has marked the 57th Africa Day amid the Coronavirus pandemic with African Union Chair, President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling on the continent to use the global crisis as a...
read moreAfrica Regional Integration Index says continent can build more resilient economies through integration
22 May 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019) was launched Friday by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the African Union Commiss...
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21 May 2020The 2nd edition of the African Regional Integration Index will be launched tomorrow. Further details of the webinar can be accessed here.
South Africa: Masondo punts com...
read moreStand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief
21 May 2020The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN chief said on Wednesday, urging the world to stand in solidarity with t...
read morePSC Report comment: towards a new post-COVID-19 world order?
21 May 2020We are likely to see increased competition between the US and China, rising nationalism and weak global leadership.
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality o...
read moreWorld Bank Group: 100 Countries get support in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
21 May 2020Unprecedented Crisis Could Push Up to 60 Million into Extreme Poverty
The World Bank Group on 19 May 2020 announced its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) have r...
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20 May 2020WTO 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...
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19 May 2020How much will poverty rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? (World Bank)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan A...
read moreAfrican regional responses to COVID-19
19 May 2020There is widespread recognition that the novel coronavirus is a global challenge. In order to contain the virus and address its devastating secondary effects, global collective act...
read moreTracking trade during the COVID-19 pandemic
19 May 2020With the current fast-changing developments, policy makers need to know what is happening to the economy in real time, but they often must settle for data telling them what happene...
read moreSupply Chain and COVID-19: UN rushes to move vital equipment to frontlines
19 May 2020As COVID-19 spreads to countries with poor health systems, the United Nations and its partners are racing against time to ensure that life-saving personal protective equipment and ...
read moreWTO Members discuss trade responses to COVID-19 pandemic
19 May 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationAt a meeting of the General Council on 15 May, WTO members exchanged views regarding trade responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many members said the unprecedented crisis was best a...
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18 May 2020The AU has advertised the post of executive director for STATAFRIC, based in Tunis. The closing date for applications is 11 June.
African Business: Africa’s Top 250 Companies in...
read moreSADC, World Bank reaffirm commitment to strengthen partnership for regional economic integration despite COVID-19 pandemic
18 May 2020Through a virtual consultative meeting held on 12 May, 2020, co-chaired by the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, and Ms. Deborah Wetzel, the Dir...
read moreICC mobilises Sub-Saharan Africa regional network to fight impact of COVID-19
18 May 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationICC convened a landmark Sub-Saharan Africa regional meeting this week bringing together participants from close to 20 African countries.
The virtual meeting, which took place on 1...
read moreLaunching the African Approach on the Regional Consultation on the Global Forum on Migration and Development
18 May 2020The African Union Commission, through the Department of Social Affairs (DSA) and the Directorate of the Citizen and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO), launched the African Meeting of t...
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15 May 2020Updates on the closure of the Nakonde border post, COVID-19 testing for truck drivers
Zambia reopens border with Tanzania to cargo after COVID-19 closure. ”Trucks from both ...
read moreCOMESA ministers approve harmonized regional trade facilitation guidelines
15 May 2020Topic NewsServicesCOMESA will develop an online platform for exchanging information on availability of essential products within the COMESA Member States as part of the response measures to the COVI...
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