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UK still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa
10 Jul 2020The International Relations and Defence Committee has published its report on ‘The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation’.
The repot critic...
read moreDigital technologies could help Uganda’s economy recover faster
10 Jul 2020Topic NewsTechnology and innovationUganda’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2020 is projected to be between 0.4 and 1.7% compared to 5.6% in 2019, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic...
read moreCOVID-19 stalls progress on Global Goals
10 Jul 2020UNCTAD’s SDG Pulse 2020 shows that progress on critical targets of the sustainable development goals has stalled amid the coronavirus crisis.
The coronavirus crisis is pushing c...
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08 Jul 2020Joint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day (African Union)
Joint Statement of the Chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, The African Continent...
read more‘New dynamic’ needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide
08 Jul 2020The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and societies”, a top official told the UN’s key international forum on sustainable d...
read moreAdopting ICT is critical in post Covid-19 trade facilitation programmes in COMESA region
08 Jul 2020Topic NewsServicesIt’s close to two months since COMESA developed and issued Guidelines for Movement of Goods and Services across the Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic. During this period, there...
read moreJoint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day
07 Jul 2020Joint Statement of the Chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, The African Continental Free Trade Area Champion and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the...
read moreA political economy analysis of the Nacala and Beira corridors
07 Jul 2020Topic NewsServicesWhile trade and transport costs in Africa are high, those faced in Malawi are higher than in the wider region. International partners are keen to invest in improving trade and tran...
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03 Jul 2020Africa should eye strategies to reduce import dependency of essential goods (UNECA)
Africa has been battling to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to address its impacts but...
read moreGovernment commences urgent investigation into the supply of scrap to the metals industry in response to Covid-19
03 Jul 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationThe Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), Mr Ebrahim Patel, has issued a trade policy directive to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Afri...
read moreSouth Africa’s policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic
03 Jul 2020Since midnight on Thursday, 26 March 2020, South Africa has been in lockdown.
President Cyril Ramaphosa first addressed the nation on COVID-19 on 15 March, declaring a national st...
read moreAfrica should eye strategies to reduce import dependency of essential goods
03 Jul 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationAfrica has been battling to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to address its impacts but the socioeconomic hardship suffered is significant.
The continent has experie...
read moreWHO urges strong COVID-19 safety measures as African countries to resume air travel
03 Jul 2020Topic NewsServicesAs African countries begin to reopen borders and air spaces, it is crucial that governments take effective measures to mitigate the risk of a surge in infections due to the resumpt...
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02 Jul 2020African Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccines (ReliefWeb)
In a communique issued following the ‘Africa’...
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01 Jul 2020Diarise: As part of the AU’s commemoration of Africa Integration Day 2020, tralac will on 4 July host a webinar, Leveraging the AfCFTA for Africa’s development – Lessons from...
read moreThe European Union Supports Africa’s COVID-19 Continental Response
01 Jul 2020The European Union (EU) has provided EUR 10 million towards the implementation of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak. The funding is the initial contributi...
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29 Jun 2020The 2nd G20 Trade and Investment Working Group meeting concludes today
South Africa’s May merchandise trade data will be posted tomorrow
Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Sahar...
read moreSub-Saharan Africa: A Cautious Reopening
29 Jun 2020The COVID-19 pandemic continues to represent an unprecedented health and economic crisis, with costs that will be felt most keenly by the poorest segments of the world’s populati...
read moreMauritius, Senegal and South Africa among co-authors of cross-regional statement on COVID-19 “infodemic”
29 Jun 2020Topic NewsTechnology and innovationAustralia, Chile, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Senegal and South Africa as the co-authors have the honor to transmit the following...
read moreCOMESA: Trade in services the biggest contributor to regional GDP: why states should cushion the sector from COVID-19 impacts
29 Jun 2020Topic NewsServicesThe services sector accounts for more than half of COMESA’s GDP and over a third of employment, outpacing manufacturing and agriculture sectors in terms of growth generation, inc...
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