eCommerce News
The African Trade Exchange Platform is Launched and Stakeholders’ Contributions to Policy Encouraged
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Afreximbank announced the development of the African Trade Exchange Platform (ATEX), a digital business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) tool to boost trade in…
Read MoreMore Payments News: West Africa Suffers Drop in Trade – Payment Systems Blamed, and M-PESA’s New Plans For Expansion
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the bloc founded to promote cooperation and economic integration in West Africa, has reported a 10% drop in trade volumes within the region. Lawmakers…
Read MoreWhere Goes the Payments Industry Body (PIB)? And Other Payments Developments in SA
This Newsletter has been reporting on the creation of the PIB for the last 18 months. Readers will recall that the SARB decided to remove the licensing powers of PASA…
Read MoreSA is Placed on the Grey List
This Newsletter has covered the attempts by SA to avoid being put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s international Grey List of countries that do not reach the standards…
Read MoreThe National Identification and Registration Bill
This Bill was drafted as part of the Official Identity Management Policy, which set out an integrated digital national identification system for all people who live, or have lived, in…
Read MoreThe One-stop Border Post Bill (OSBP) is released for comment by the SA.
On the subject of removing NTBs and easing business, SA has published its OSBP Bill for public comment. This regulation will harmonise the movement of goods and people between SA’s…
Read MoreSACU Presents its Proposals to the AfCFTA
The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) has officially announced the finalisation of the SACU Tariff Offer on 18 February during the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…
Read MoreTrouble Brews Between EAC Members
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania may be denying smaller EAC economies a chance at regional trade by levying irregular excise duty. A study on discriminative taxes in the EAC shows that Burundi…
Read MoreThe End of Non-Tariff Barriers in Parts of Africa?
In preparation for the AfCFTA, a number of regional economic communities (RECs) started to identify and have their member states remove NTBs. No less than 716 out of 796 NTBs…
Read MoreAir Cargo Africa Conference
As the Newsletter reported last month, I sat on a panel on ecommerce and air cargo in February. There was considerable interest in the growth of cross-border ecommerce and in…
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