Posts Tagged ‘#AfCFTA’
The 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…
Read MoreOther AfCFTA-Related News: SA Starts Workshops on the AfCFTA, the Ecobank Group Starts a Trade Hub, and the UBA Launches a Fund to Resource SMEs
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) is rolling out a series of awareness workshops on the AfCFTA Agreement throughout the country. The first was held in June…
Read MoreThe AfCFTA’s Draft Protocol on Women and Youth
The Women an Youth Protocol has not attracted such criticism and does look likely to get adopted by the next Ministers’ meeting. It is worth remembering, that the AU’s Maputo…
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The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol The hopes of the Secretariat to complete the negotiations on the Protocol by 23 July have not succeeded. The meeting of the negotiators has been…
Read MoreTralac Annual Conference on the AfCFTA
Tralac (the Trade and Law Research body) held its annual conference in Rwanda in mid-May. The AfCFTA Secretary-General, HE Wamkele Mene (the S-G), was the opening speaker alongside the Rwandan…
Read MoreThe African Free Trade Area Holds 1st Business Forum
The AfCFTA Secretariat held its first Business Forum from the 16th to the 18th in Cape Town. The SA Dept. of Trade and Industry minister, Ebrahim Patel opened the Forum and the…
Read MoreBRICS And the AfCFTA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that through its chairship, SA will work with its BRICS partners to advance the African agenda for growth, development and integration and to advocate for the…
Read MoreThe Pharmaceutical Business to Benefit from the AfCFTA
According to a new report by the World Economic Forum, “AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa”, the pharmaceutical industry is likely to be among the prime…
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 MoreA New AfCFTA Protocol is Planned – on Women and Youth
As the AfCFTA progresses with its Protocols (see above), where and how do women traders fit into this scheme of things? The starting point should be to ensure that the needs…
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