Posts Tagged ‘#AfCFTA’
AfCFTA Agreement on Financial Services
EFSA/EFA have drafted a submission on the draft AfCFTA Agreement on Financial Services. This instrument will expand upon the Digital Trade Protocol (see above) and sets down a path for…
Read MoreNews From the AfCFTA – The Digital Trade Protocol is Adopted by the Heads of State
The Heads of State adopted the Digital Trade, and Women and Youth in Trade Protocols at their meeting on 18 Feb. They also re-elected HE Wamkele Mene as S-G of…
Read MoreSA Businesses Lack Government Support
According to the latest ‘Digital Innovation Index Report 2023’, SA companies face tremendous challenges to compete on the global market, while simultaneously addressing local socioeconomic inequalities and nurturing nationwide prosperity,…
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News from the AfCFTA The Protocol calling on member states to promote women and the youth has been adopted, which is unsurprising as it was not controversial, but we understand…
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…
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…
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