African Trade Policy Centre

Zimbabwe’s National Consultative Forum on the African continental free trade area slated for 19 June

Lusaka, Zambia, 12 June 2019 (MoFAIT, AUC, ECA & ATPC) –  Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa Office for Southern Africa (ECA-SA), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) will jointly hold the national consultative forum on; ‘The African continental free trade area: Developing a National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy for Zimbabwe’ from 19th to 20th June, 2019.

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Africa needs effective ICT policies & strategies to enhance competitiveness, says ECA’s Chinganya

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 10, 2019 (ECA) – It is crucial for African organizations and governments to understand the dynamic and significant role that information and communication technologies (ICT) play in enhancing competitiveness, especially in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation, a top Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) official said Monday.

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Strengthening Intra-UN Collaboration through the Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for Eastern and Southern Africa

Livingstone Zambia, 10 June 2019 (UN, AUC, RECs & IGOs) –  UN meets in Livingstone from 11 to 13 June to discuss strengthening Intra-UN collaboration through the Sub-Regional coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for Eastern and Southern Africa under the theme, “Promoting Industrialisation through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): The Role of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) in Eastern and Southern Africa”.

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African Ministers of Trade pave way for the operationalisation of the AfCFTA and prepare for the July Niamey AU Summit

Addis Ababa, 09 June 2019 (ECA)-African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) of the African Union met in Addis Ababa at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters from 7 to 8 June 2019. The meeting was preceded by the meeting of the 8th Senior Trade Officials (STO) and the 15th Negotiating Forums (NF).

The meeting was attended by African Union ministers and delegates from member states, officials of the AUC, ECA, AfreximBank, Regional Economic Communities, African Development Bank and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

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ECA and ITC co-organise Private Sector Workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Gambia

Banjul, Gambia, 3 June 2019 (ECA) –The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) co-organised a Gambian Private Sector Workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from 29-30 May 2019 in Banjul, The Gambia.

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Zambian National Consultative Forum on the African Continental Free Trade Area marks start of wider Stakeholder Consultation Process

Lusaka, Zambia, 24 May 2019 - The National Consultative Forum on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) concluded on 24th May at Mulungushi Conference in Lusaka, Zambia. This marks the beginning of the wider stakeholder consultation process from 27-31 May 2019, which will feed into Zambia’s national implementation strategy for the AfCFTA.

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Congo gears towards continental trade strategy

Yaounde, 7 May 2019 (ECA) – Various stakeholders of the Republic of Congo have called on their Government to improve the institutional framework conducive to transformation and economic growth, to benefit from the Republic of Congo's membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). 
 
The call was made during an information and awareness-raising forum on the AfCFTA in the Republic of Congo, held recently in Pointe Noire, thanks to a partnership between the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Ministry of Trade, Supplies and Consumptio
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