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FG resolves to boost domestic trade
31 Jul 2014The federal government has re-affirmed its commitment towards facilitating the growth and development of domestic trade across the country.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Inv...
read moreILO and World Bank Group to enhance access to index insurance in rural areas in Africa and Asia
31 Jul 2014The International Labour Office’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility (the Facility) and World Bank Group Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) launch a dynamic partnership to en...
read moreUNCTAD experts meeting puts spotlight on competition law and policy
31 Jul 2014Intergovernmental Group of Experts meeting hears about the importance of international cooperation in the functioning of effective competition laws and policies.
The fourteenth se...
read moreIndia has to decide on trade: Kerry
31 Jul 2014
India’s willingness to support a rules-based trading order and fulfil its obligations would help to welcome greater investment from the U.S., Secretary Kerry said.
While Ind...
read moreExtend Agoa, urges SA
30 Jul 2014South Africa wants the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) to be extended for a 15-year period.
“Our views as South Africa are very similar to the views of Africa, Agoa el...
read moreEconomic policy threat to trade deal
30 Jul 2014South Africa risks being left out of the lucrative African Growth and Opportunity Act – a preferential trade programme, writes Peter Fabricius.
US ambassador to South Africa Pat...
read moreEPA talks collapse, need ‘political solutions’
30 Jul 2014
The East African Community and the European Union have yet again failed to agree on the long awaited Economic Partnership Agreements, putting the principal market for Kenya fresh...
read moreSADC Gender Protocol 2014 Barometer
30 Jul 2014In August 2008, Heads of State of the Southern African Development Community adopted the ground-breaking SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. This followed a concerted campaign...
read moreU.S.-Africa Civil Society Forum: Recommendations for engagement on the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
30 Jul 2014The upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, taking place from August 4-6, provides an important opportunity for the United States government and African heads of state to engage in...
read moreThe U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Deepening trade and commercial ties
30 Jul 2014The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit blog series is a collection of posts discussing efforts to strengthen ties between the United States and Africa ahead of the first continen...
read moreFinancial inclusion to hit 25% in Tanzania by 2016
30 Jul 2014
The government wants at least 25% of the population to be included in the formal financial sector by 2016.
It is hoped that this will cause a substantial reduction in poverty le...
read moreHearing on Advancing the U.S. Trade Agenda: Trade with Africa and the African Growth and Opportunity Act
29 Jul 2014House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on trade with Africa and the African Growth and Opportunity Act on July 29, 2014 in Washington, DC.
BACKGROUND
In 2000, Con...
read moreTrade facilitation will support African industrialisation
29 Jul 2014In this column, Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), argues that the Trade Facilitation Agreement delivered by the Bali package in December las...
read moreSADC Meeting of Ministers of the Trade, Industry & Finance & Investment Cluster – Gaborone, Botswana
29 Jul 2014The Trade Industry Finance and Investment Cluster of Ministers met in Gaborone on 17-18 July 2014. The meetings were preceded by the meetings of their senior officials who met from...
read moreGovt urged to create code of governance for Dar corporations
29 Jul 2014
To enable smooth operations of businesses, stakeholders urge the government to form a code of governance that sets standards and principles on how corporate bodies much work.
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read moreSD sugar production expected to increase post-EPA
29 Jul 2014Following conclusion of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, the local sugar in...
read moreOECD-AfDB seminar on addressing policy impediments to private investment in African infrastructure
29 Jul 2014Discussions related to fostering private investment in Africa’s infrastructure have multiplied in recent years. There is widespread recognition that the continent’s infrastruct...
read moreNigeria: Illicit flows and corporate tax dodgers compound poverty
29 Jul 2014In a recent speech, President Obama criticized corporate entities avoiding tax remittances through the exploitation of legal tax loopholes in a practice known as tax inversion. Rec...
read moreWTO’s Least Developed Countries submit collective request on Services waiver
29 Jul 2014Earlier this week, the WTO’s poorest members, known as the Least Developed Country (LDC) Group, submitted a collective request regarding the preferential treatment they would lik...
read moreAfrican Economic Outlook 2014: Regional Edition - Southern Africa
28 Jul 2014The African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2014 Regional Editions are now available. An extract from the Southern Africa report is reproduced below. Click here to download.
Overview
In S...
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