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Reform Africa’s policies for better trade – Uhuru
17 Jun 2015President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African countries to reform trade policies at national, regional and continental levels to be in tandem with rules and regulations governing an e...
read moreNinth Session of the Committee on Sustainable Development and the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
17 Jun 2015The ninth session of the ECA Committee on Sustainable Development is being held from 16 to 18 June 2015, to deliberate on statutory and programmatic matters related to the ECA subp...
read moreILO adopts historic labour standard to tackle the informal economy
17 Jun 2015“It is not just the adoption of this Recommendation, it’s actually putting it into practice that will matter,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
The International Labour ...
read moreNew electronic port clearance system to be operational in two weeks
17 Jun 2015The electronic platform for lodging of trade documents will be fully operational from July 1 as the State moves to boost efficiency and transparency in business transactions.
Tr...
read moreWTO sees “slight deceleration” in G20 trade restrictions but calls for continued vigilance
16 Jun 2015The WTO’s thirteenth trade monitoring report on G20 trade measures, issued on 15 June, shows a slight deceleration in the application of new trade-restrictive measures by G20 eco...
read moreCompetition from Egypt held off for two years under free trade area agreement
16 Jun 2015
East Africa’s producers of sugar, maize, cement and other goods categorised as “sensitive” will be protected from intense competition from Egypt and other co...
read more“Help us keep the momentum”, RECs urge African Leaders
16 Jun 2015African leaders converged in the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg for a New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation Commit...
read moreStatement by Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to the 25th AU Summit
16 Jun 2015Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, HE Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to the 25th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Governm...
read moreAfrican leaders commend NEPAD’s role in Africa’s transformation and regional integration
16 Jun 2015African leaders gathered on 13 June 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa for the 33rd NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation meeting.
Welcoming the ...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 15 June 2015
15 Jun 2015The selection: Monday, 15 June
SADC-EAC-COMESA Tripartite Free Trade Area Legal Texts and Policy documents: updated resource page (tralac)
The benefits of Africa's new Free Trade...
read moreHigh Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment calls for financial inclusion of women in agri-business
15 Jun 2015“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill”
Ethiopian Proverb
2015 is the African Union declared “Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Age...
read moreAU leaders pledge unity, integration at first day of Summit
15 Jun 2015The African Union (AU) believes it could achieve its Agenda 2063 goal of a prosperous and technologically-advanced continent at peace with itself if leaders speed up the process of...
read moreChina beats India to become Kenya’s top imports source
15 Jun 2015China has overtaken India to become Kenya’s largest source of imports in the first four months to April, latest data shows.
The value of China’s exports to Kenya rose to Sh9...
read moreNew World Bank Group report finds doing business in South Africa can be made easier if local good practices are replicated across the country
15 Jun 2015
A new World Bank Group report assessing the business environment and state of regulations for domestic firms in South Africa finds that local entrepreneurs face a wide arra...
read moreEAC finance ministers seek to create more jobs for youth in spending plans
15 Jun 2015
Protecting jobs was a key highlight of the national budgets read simultaneously by EAC finance ministers on Thursday last week.
In the budgets, the finance ministers announc...
read moreA boost for struggling African regional trade: Seychelles signs up for Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
15 Jun 2015Leaders from 26 African countries on 10 June 2015 signed an ambitious declaration in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to establish a wide-reaching free-trade zone across almost the entire ea...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 12 June 2015
12 Jun 2015The selection: Friday, 12 June
Mozambique postpones signing up Tripartite FTA (StarAfrica)
“There are questions that have to be studied and about the origin of imported product...
read moreCapacity – the critical enabler for Agenda 2063
12 Jun 2015As the AUC prepares to implement the first phase of its Agenda 2063 through the 10-year strategic plan, capacity will be a critical enabler for the realization of Africa’s develo...
read moreQ&A: The AU Trade Commissioner on the New Cape-to-Cairo Common Market
12 Jun 2015For once, the African Union Summit is going to have something to show for all its talk of regional integration. The Tripartite Free Trade Area, signed in Egypt on Wednesday, create...
read moreInfrastructure is the key to Africa’s sustainable development
12 Jun 2015South African Presidency on infrastructure development in Africa
President Jacob Zuma looks forward to a fruitful discussion of the good progress made in implementing the African ...
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