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EU pushes its vision of ecommerce trade at WTO
The EU Is currently putting forward its ecommerce proposals for the WTO negotiations on ecommerce trade. Readers will recall that only Kenya agreed to work on an accelerated ecommerce trade…
Read MoreA New Rail Link for East Africa
The 571km-long cross-border railway project dubbed the Isaka-Kigali SGR project linking Rwanda with the Indian Ocean will cost US$2.5billion to complete. In a joint announcement this month, Rwanda’s Minister of…
Read MoreThe East Africa Single Digital Market (SDM) initiative
One of the most successful and active Regional bodies in Africa is the East African Economic Community. It is now involved in the East Africa Single Digital Market (SDM) initiative,…
Read MoreAfrican Employment 2019-2035
According to Forbes, Entrepreneurs have a pivotal role to play in Africa’s unemployment crisis. Today over a third of the continent’s young workforce (those aged 15-35) are unemployed. Another third…
Read MoreAn African Passport? And African ID System?
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)’s Economic Report on Africa 2019 emphasises, how digitising tax administration and investing in data collection helps to broaden the tax base. However, around 500m…
Read MoreEU celebrates a year since its Regulation on Cross-border Portability of Online Content Services was Implemented
This regulation aimed to improve the way Europeans access and use their online subscriptions to content when travelling or staying temporarily in another European country. Portability, together with mobile roaming…
Read MoreWhy the recent criticism of VW’s financing agreements is important for ecommerce
On 11 April the National Consumer Tribunal ruled that Volkswagen Financial Services must refund, with interest, customers it charged for on-the-road, administration and handling service fees since 2007. This ruling…
Read MoreThe SA Competition Commission Demands Lower Data Costs
Competition commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele unveiled his provisional report on data costs on 25 April. The report is part of the Competition Commission’s market enquiry into the telecoms industry which dates…
Read MoreUNCTAD Estimates that Developing Nations will Suffer from the UK’s Exit from the EU (Brexit)
A no-deal Brexit could damage smaller economies trading with the UK, hit EU exports hard, but bring substantial gains for China according to new research from UNCTAD. The research concludes…
Read MoreFunding African Start-ups and African Innovation
Talking of raising funds, look at Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit London on 11 June. Pitch Live (https://www.africatechsummit.com/london/pitch-live-at-africa-tech-summit-london/) helps find funding, or the right partner. The organisors promise to deliver top…
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