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8 July 2019
africa.cgtn.com
Covering a population of 1.2 billion people, the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) aims to boost intra-African trade levels, and eventually create a single continent market spanning from the Red Sea to the Atlantic.
8 July 2019
www.financialnigeria.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), African Union (AU) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the 9th edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA IX) report during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger, on July 6.
8 July 2019
venturesafrica.com
The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger.
8 July 2019
quotidien-lematinal.info
A Niamey, le président Patrice Talon a pris part au 12ème Sommet de l’Union Africaine. A cette occasion, il a signé l’accord sur la Zone de Libre Echange Continentale Africaine (Zlecaf). C’était dimanche 07 juillet 2019.
8 July 2019
www.zawya.com
HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud, Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies, has been appointed as a champion of Generation Unlimited, the global partnership working to prepare young people to become productive and engaged citizens.
8 July 2019
www.devdiscourse.com
8 July 2019
www.digitalbusiness.africa
L’un des temps forts de la cinquième édition de Transform Africa Summit 2019 (TAS 2019), qui s’est tenue au Centre de convention de Kigali au Rwanda du 14 au 17 mai 2019 sous le thème « Accélérer la numérisation de l’Afrique », a été la conversation de haut niveau tenue à la cérémonie d’ouverture de l’évent le 14 mai. Etaient présents à ce panel de haut niveau modéré par la journaliste Nozipho...
7 July 2019
www.bbc.com
Les investisseurs et les opérateurs économiques réfléchissent ce 7 juillet à Niamey, capitale du Niger, sur les enjeux de l'accord de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine.
7 July 2019
Capital Newspaper (local)
7 July 2019
www.lespharaons.com
Les investisseurs et les opérateurs économiques réfléchissent ce 7 juillet à Niamey, capitale du Niger, sur les enjeux de l’accord de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine.
6 July 2019
https://allafrica.com
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Niamey announced a grant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to conduct a one-year pilot project to collect data on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor in West Africa.
6 July 2019
www.africanliberty.org
During the recent 7th annual conference of the Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation in Ethiopia, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, gave an all too familiar advise when she said the continent needs to “… strengthen its policies if it is to close its energy gap, increase competitiveness and power its inclusive and sustainable development.”
6 July 2019
https://allafrica.com
The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger.
4 July 2019
voxeu.org
This report brings together contributions from leading women policymakers and thought leaders from across the world on how to shape our economies.
4 July 2019
voxeu.org
Economic governance is confronting the unfolding of three tectonic shifts: a digital revolution, an environmental revolution, and a social revolution. We are seeing the return of geopolitics.
4 July 2019
allafrica.com
"To fully succeed in, and become a sub-regional hub of digital transformation, Cameroon must very quickly move on costs, access, quality of services and on improving the sector's competitiveness, while having its sight set on job-creation and accelerating innovation ".
4 July 2019
Capital Newspaper (local)
4 July 2019
Capital Newspaper (local)
3 July 2019
africanbusinessmagazine.com
Corporate corruption does great damage to businesses and economies across Africa, but few cases are ever brought before a judge. Tom Collins investigates the problem and what can be done to solve it.
3 July 2019
anticorruptiondigest.com
In an address to the African Union last year, Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), put the annual figure lost through corruption in Africa at $148bn: around 25% of average GDP across the continent.
3 July 2019
allafrica.com
Cameroon's Minister of Post and Telecommunications - Minette Libom Li Likeng - will on Thursday 4 July 2019 from 9.30 am chair a consultation to kick-start collaboration between Cameroon and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to operationalize Cameroon's digital transformation blueprint - dubbed "Strategic Plan for a Digital Cameroon by 2020."
3 July 2019
allafrica.com
The Civil Society Forum will meet during the AU Extraordinary Summit in Niamey, Niger. The Summit is taking place to celebrate the Entry into Force of the AfCFTA Agreement and to launch the Operational Phase of AfCFTA Market, which also includes launching the AfCFTA Consultative Dialogue Framework.