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SADC Day Message by H.H. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania and SADC Chairperson
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationFellow SADC Citizens
It has been 40 years since our Organization was established in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1980; and exactly 28 years since the transformation of the Southern African ...
read moreSADC discusses Vision 2050, RISDP 2020-30
17 Aug 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe 40th SADC Summit set for 17 August is expected to receive and deliberate on a new Vision 2050 and an accompanying development blueprint that will provide strategic directi...
read moreIn wake of COVID-19, African Union to keep AfCFTA on track with digital technology
16 Aug 2020Topic NewsTechnology and innovationSince the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has shifted most of its activities online.
In this contex...
read moreSADC Council of Ministers calls for coordinated measures to mitigate impact of COVID-19, as Mozambique takes over Chairpersonship of Council
14 Aug 2020The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held its virtual meeting on 13 August, 2020 with a call for strong and coordinated measures for the re...
read moreWTO issues new report on how COVID-19 crisis may push up trade costs
14 Aug 2020Topic NewsGlobal trade governanceThe WTO Secretariat has published a new information note warning of possible increases to trade costs due to COVID-19 disruptions. The note examines the pandemic’s impact on key ...
read moreAssessing Africa’s policies and institutions: Safeguarding human capital during and beyond COVID-19
14 Aug 2020Topic NewsFinance and developmentThe Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) for Africa is an annual diagnostic tool for Sub-Saharan African countries eligible for International Developm...
read moreSADC Senior Officials meet ahead of 40th Ordinary Summit and Council of Ministers meeting
12 Aug 2020The preceding meetings of the 40th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government and Council of Ministers meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) start...
read moreECA report urges African countries to harmonize trade and transport regulations in the fight against COVID-19
12 Aug 2020Topic NewsServicesThe Regional Integration and Trade Division (RITD) at ECA has released a new report entitled “Facilitating Cross-Border Trade Through a Coordinated African Response to COVID-19...
read moreSADC, EU and Germany step-up cooperation towards regional response to COVID-19
10 Aug 2020Topic NewsGlobal trade governanceAs part of the on-going regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawr...
read moreAll set for SADC annual summit amid COVID-19 concerns
10 Aug 2020The 40th SADC Summit scheduled for Maputo, Mozambique on 17 August will for the first time in history be held in a virtual format.
This is due to health measures and travel restri...
read moreIndustrialisation and economic diversification at the heart of a reviewed PREF-CEMAC
07 Aug 2020In line with ECA's campaign on the structural transformation of the economies of Central Africa, CEMAC countries have just adopted a five-year post-COVID-19 recovery plan that prio...
read moreRwanda harnesses technology to fight COVID-19, drive recovery
06 Aug 2020Topic NewsTechnology and innovationIn a conversation with IMF Country Focus, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury Richard Tusabe explains how his government is leveraging technology and grass-...
read moreNations to meet in Barbados to chart new path for post-coronavirus economic recovery
05 Aug 2020UNCTAD15, the UN trade and development body's fifteenth quadriennial conference, will take place under the theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” as th...
read moreCOMESA COVID-19 Food Security and Nutrition Plan adopted
05 Aug 2020Topic NewsAgriculture and commoditiesMinisters responsible for agriculture, environment and natural resources have adopted the COMESA COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan to help the region deal with the impacts of Co...
read moreWTO report draws attention to impact of COVID-19 trade disruptions on women
05 Aug 2020Topic NewsGlobal trade governanceWomen are likely to be harder hit than men by trade disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dangers are particularly acute in developing countries according to a new in...
read moreSouth Africa looks toward inclusive recovery to stabilise debt, boost growth
04 Aug 2020In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, the Director-General of South Africa’s National Treasury Dondo Mogajane explains how the government has responded to the COVID-19 c...
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04 Aug 2020HIGHLIGHTS
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Nairobi informal area businesses feel Covid pinch (Business Daily)
More than 80 percent of retailers in Nairobi's informal settlements reported dem...
read moreInfrastructure Commission to fast-track projects valued at R340bn
31 Jul 2020Government will in the coming months expedite the implementation of at least 50 infrastructure projects with a total investment value of more than R340 billion.
The fast-tra...
read moreWomen gain key economic benefits from greater trade, study finds
31 Jul 2020"Pink tariffs” and other trade barriers are obstacles to better jobs, wage equality
Trade increases women’s wages and helps close the wage gap between men and women while crea...
read moreExternal debt complicates Africa’s COVID-19 recovery, debt relief needed
31 Jul 2020Calls made for temporary debt standstill for all African countries
Mozambique was already struggling with repaying its $14 billion external debt when COVID-19 hit earlier this yea...
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