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31 Aug 2020National news
South Africa reports trade surplus in July as imports continue to lag (News24)
South Africa recorded a trade surplus of R37.42 billion for July, this as export...
read more4th High-Level Tax Policy Dialogue: Taxing rights for Africa in the new world and effects of COVID-19 – The role of tax policymakers and tax administrators
31 Aug 2020Topic NewsFinance and developmentA collaboration between the African Tax Administration Forum and the African Union Commission
Outcome Statement
The 4th ATAF High-Level Tax Policy Dialogue attracted over 529...
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28 Aug 2020SA freight and transport industry still far from recovery (Business Report)
The South Africa freight and transport industry was still far from recovery from the negative impa...
read moreHow nations can structurally transform their economies
28 Aug 2020Topic NewsFinance and developmentThe policy experiences that transformed China from a manufacturing assembly hub of the world to an economic powerhouse offer valuable lessons for countries in the global south.
Th...
read moreWTO issues new report regarding impact of COVID-19 crisis on agricultural trade
28 Aug 2020Topic NewsAgriculture and commoditiesThe WTO Secretariat has published a new information note examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on world agricultural trade.
The paper notes that agricultural trade has far...
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27 Aug 2020National news
Cyril Ramaphosa calls publishing of full list of Covid-19 government contracts a ‘historic moment’ (IOL)
President Cyril Ramaphosa called the online publication...
read moreDigital economy can put citizens in control of finance, says UN Task Force
27 Aug 2020Topic NewsFinance and developmentA UN Task Force set up to look into the risks and benefits of the digital economy, has concluded that it could have a transformational impact on sustainable development, and empowe...
read moreWTO issues new report on how COVID-19-related restrictions on cross-border mobility are affecting global trade
27 Aug 2020A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat highlights how trade in goods and services has been affected by temporary border closures and travel restrictions linked to ...
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26 Aug 2020National news
National Assembly approves COVID-19 tax relief bills (SAnews)
The National Assembly has passed the Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and the Disaster Management T...
read moreTaxing the digital economy: COVID-19 heightens need to expand resource mobilization base
26 Aug 2020Taxing Rights for Africa in The New World & Effects of COVID-19: The Role of Tax Policymakers and Tax Administrators
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore, the focus o...
read moreAfrican businesses shifting towards new technologies in response to COVID-19 pandemic
26 Aug 2020Topic NewsTechnology and innovationThe Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), jointly with International Economics Consulting Ltd (IEC), have released the report of the second comprehensive survey on the COVID-19 pan...
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25 Aug 2020National news
South Africa’s GDP will take at least five years to recover from COVID-19 impact, says UNDP study
South Africa’s overall GDP is expected to decline by at least ...
read moreCOMESA-EAC-SADC develop Electronic Corridor Trip Monitoring System
24 Aug 2020A regional electronic Corridor Trip Monitoring System (CTMS) which will allow cross border road transport operators, drivers, regulators and law enforcement agencies to record and ...
read moreLack of proper measurement equipment in MS affecting trade in COMESA
24 Aug 2020Topic NewsServicesSeveral Member States (MS) in the COMESA region are at a disadvantage with their trading partners because of the lack of reliable, accurate and comparable measurement equipment and...
read moreUndiversified economies, low intra-trade constrain SADC industrial drive
21 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe quest to transform southern Africa into an industrialised region is being hampered by the declining level of intra-regional trade and the lack of diversification of domestic ec...
read moreStatement by Secretary-General H.E. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene at the official commissioning and handing over of the AfCFTA Secretariat
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationOn this occasion of the official commissioning and handing over of the AfCFTA Secretariat, let me express deep humility for having been elected by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the ...
read moreOfficial Commissioning and Handing Over of the AfCFTA Secretariat
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe AfCFTA Secretariat Building was officially commissioned and handed over by the African Union to Ghana on Monday, 17th August 2020. Speeches from the ceremony are available...
read moreH.E. President Nyusi of Mozambique takes over as Chair of SADC, pledging to continue advancing the regional development agenda
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationHis Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, on 17th August, 2020 assumed the Chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (S...
read more40th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government held virtually
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe 40th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held virtually from Maputo, Mozambique on the 17th ...
read moreSADC commended for reducing impact of COVID-19
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationSADC Member States have been commended for putting in place vibrant measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, commonly known as COVID-19.
These measures include in...
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