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This hub forms part of IOM’s global response following the launch of the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) in 2015, in Berlin, Germany The International Organization...

The European Commission has defined concrete areas of investments for its External Investment Plan. The new plan will mobilise €44 billion of sustainable investment for Africa an...

On the CFTA’s scope: Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe highlighted the fact that historically, the CFTA would be the largest trade agreement in terms of members and potential since the co...

The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission is organizing the 8th Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 20-24 Novembe...

Experts in port management, policy makers and financiers from across Africa began a two-day meeting in Zambia on 22 November 2017 to explore how to reshape policy and harness the b...

It will now take a trader a maximum of 5 minutes to access summarised information on international trade procedures in Kenya Traders in Kenya stand to benefit from increased effic...

As trade talks in Geneva enter the final stretch, WTO negotiators have tabled new proposals on agriculture for the Buenos Aires ministerial that begins in just over two weeks. They...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) brought together a wide range of African Ministers, senior policymakers, academics, representatives of UN organizatio...

African Group perspective on MC11: draft Ministerial Decision on electronic commerce The AfDB posts a series of EOIs for the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme: Programme coor...

Expanding access to adequate, reliable and affordable sources of modern energy is essential if the world’s poorest nations are to escape the poverty trap. According to The Least...

Communication from the African Group on the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, submitted to the WTO General Council ahead of the upcoming 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Nigeria’s Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (MITI) finalized the Memorandum of Understanding to formally establish a new bi...

A new report released by a leading maritime consulting firm has said that more than half of the container trucks visiting Apapa, Lagos, daily have no immediate business to transact...

In a demonstration of its commitment to promoting intra-African trade and economic integration, South Africa has taken up shareholding in the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximban...

Concluding today, in Kampala: CII-Exim Bank conclave on India-East Africa trade and investment. Launched at the conclave: India’s investments in select East African countries –...

On Friday, upon invitation from the U.S. State Department, Tony O. Elumelu spoke at the U.S. – Africa Ministerial Session on Increasing Trade and Investment in Washington, D...

Intangible capital, such as branding, design and technology, is increasingly determining success in the marketplace, as nearly one third of the value of manufactured products comes...

At the invitation of the African Union, WCO Secretary General Mr. Kunio Mikuriya attended the 9th Meeting of the African Union (AU) Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs, h...

Today is Africa Industrialization Day: Panel discussions will take place in Vienna and New York, organized by UNIDO. Download the concept note (pdf). António Guterres: “This ye...

Mo Ibrahim Foundation calls for vigilance as a number of countries struggle to build on recent progress The 2017 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched today by the ...