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AfCFTA updates: (i) Posted by the AU:Decision on the draft agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (ii) Kenya’s Cabinet has approved the Africa Continen...

Cabinet on Tuesday approved the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) treaty for ratification The Bill for ratifying the treaty, which was signed in Kigali, Rwanda, by 44 Africa...

In the past two weeks, cross border trade at the busy Kasumbalesa border crossing between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo has been slowly heading to a standstill. This ...

Adoption of circular economy practices will go a long way in delivering economic growth, jobs and positive environmental outcomes needed for Africa, experts said yesterday. A circ...

African economies, including Uganda, will continue to bleed unless governments plug loopholes that enables illicit financial flows (IFFs) to easily leave the continent, experts hav...

The petition for the quick creation of a unique African passport is directed to African nationals from the continent and the diaspora and has been launched by the AfroChampions Ini...

AfCFTA special selection (2) Trade and development events to diarise: 2018 Spring Meetings of the IMF, WBG (16-22 April, Washington) 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governor...

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Ambassador Tswelopele Cornelia (Connie) Moremi, the founding Executive Secretary (ES) of the Southern African Customs Union (SA...

South Africa is keen to sign the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. “South Africa wa...

AfroChampions Initiative commits USD 1 million on awareness-raising actions On the occasion of the AfCFTA Business Forum, the African Union and the AfroChampions Initiative have j...

Regional governments should move fast and expedite integration process to give the East African Community a competitive edge in the proposed continental free trade zone, the East A...

After a few years of sluggish regional growth, Africa’s economies are rebounding, offering a significant opportunity for investors, according to a new study by IFC, a member of t...

This report contains papers and contributions delivered at the fifth session of UNCTAD’s multi-year expert meeting on trade, services and development: the role of the services ec...

African trade policy events starting today: In Abidjan: Africa CEO forum; In Nairobi: Regional meeting on SPS collaboration, leasing and coordination in Eastern and Southern Afric...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers’ two-day meeting kicked off in Tshwane this morning with a call for increased focus on industrialisation. ...

Negotiating teams from countries that last week signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal will spend the first ten days of May in Addis Ababa to iron out outstan...

Mukhisa Kituyi was speaking at a business forum attended by Africa’s leaders a day before they signed into life the historic African Continental Free Trade Area Political declar...

A key tool for monitoring the AfCFTA will be through a Country Business Index that was revealed at a Business Forum on the eve of the signing of the historic agreement. The UN Eco...

The leaders of Africa’s 55 countries made history on 21 March 2018, when they come together in Kigali, Rwanda to sign an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free T...

Profiled trade and development events: Yesterday, in Kigali: 18th Executive Council Meeting of the Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA Yesterday, in Addis: coordination meeting to pre...