Miscellaneous
2023 Black Friday Forecast to be the Most Profitable in Europe and the USA. EFSA held a meeting with BankServ and PASA on the banks’ preparedness for Black Friday in…
Read MoreThe de minimis Rule
As we reported previously in the Newsletter, EFA submitted a paper to the EU calling on it not to scrap its de minimis rule which allows low-value goods to enter…
Read MoreUNCTAD’s eWeek, 4-8 December
The eWeek replaces UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week and will be a hybrid conference with an expected 4,000 participants from around the world. To attend you must register unctad.org/eWeek2023 . EFA is involved in…
Read MoreThe Safety of Artificial Intelligence
The UK hosted a major meeting on AI safety on 1-2 November at Bletchley Park, entitled the “AI Safety Summit”. Most of the key global players attended – the UN,…
Read MoreThe Struggle for an Environmentally Sustainable Africa
The inaugural Africa Climate Summit last month adopted ‘the Nairobi Declaration’, a document that highlighted Africa’s vulnerability to the climate crisis and called for more ambitious and progressive action from…
Read MoreOpportunities, Conferences, Publications
Seamless Africa, 19-20 September, Sandton Convention Centre Join us at the Seamless Africa Conference. Get Your Free Expo Ticket | What’s On | Agenda | Speakers SAIIA’s New Paper ‘Strengthening Africa’s Digital Infrastructure for Greater Economic Resilience’ …
Read MoreMore News on Gaming in Africa
Last month this Newsletter covered the growth of gaming in Africa, A new report prepared by games market data provider Newzoo and Cape Town-based Carry1st, a games publisher, estimates that…
Read MoreInvesting in Africa – the Gap is of Concern
According to the 2023 Edition of the Africa’s Dynamic Development Report Africa’s sustainable financing gap until 2030 is about $1.6 tn. It estimates that the continent needs additional financing of…
Read MoreDelays to SA’s Import Duty Investigations Cause Barriers to Trade
It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to complete import duty investigations and to provide the necessary Ministerial approvals for the South African Revenue Service to…
Read MoreThe AfCFTA’s Draft Digital Trade Protocol
The Protocol still needs to go through its last negotiation before being put to the Ministers at the end of October. The Protocol spends considerable effort to encourage greater use…
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