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3 August 2018
www.ena.et
President Mulatu Teshome held discussion today with International Financial Corporation (IFC) Vice President Jingdong Hua and Alibaba affiliated Ant Financial Services Group CEO Eric Jing about modernizing the financial system in Ethiopia.
3 August 2018
www.busiweek.com
Researchers from the African continent and beyond are set to congregate in Kenya from Monday next week for the 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum.
3 August 2018
www.pharmaceutical-technology.com
The United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s chief of industrialisation and infrastructure Soteri Gatera has declared that Africa urgently needs to develop its pharmaceutical sector in order to reduce its dependence on imported medical products.
3 August 2018
https://allafrica.com
Former Tanzanian President, Benjamin William Mkapa, has expressed concern over the state of financing in Africa, highlighting illicit financial flows, among factors, as obstacles to the continent’s economic transformation and development.
3 August 2018
http://lemagazinedumanager.com
La Côte d’Ivoire va bientôt rejoindre les 6 pays qui ont déjà ratifié l’accord portant création de la Zone de libre échange continentale africaine (ZLECA), signé en mars dernier à Kigali au Rwanda.
2 August 2018
www.worldnews.com.ng
Echoing the views of local manufacturers on the need to engage critical stakeholders preparatory to the AfCFTA ratification, the African Union Commission (AUC) has highlighted the importance of stakeholder consultation platforms for the success of the trade deal.
2 August 2018
www.financialafrik.com
La Côte d’Ivoire va ratifier l’accord portant création de la Zone de Libre-Echange Continentale Africaine (ZLECA) signé en mars dernier à Kigali au Rwanda.
2 August 2018
http://newbusinessethiopia.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical industry in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Soteri Gatera.
2 August 2018
https://appablog.wordpress.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Soteri Gatera.
2 August 2018
www.von.gov.ng
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says there is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products.
2 August 2018
www.africanreview.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, said Economic commission for Africa’s (ECA) Soteri Gatera
2 August 2018
venturesafrica.com
President Donald Trump has withdrawn Rwanda’s privilege of exporting clothing to the United States duty-free. This was as a result of Rwanda’s decision to raise tariffs on used clothing and footwear imports from the U.S. This was confirmed on Monday, in what many analysts in Washington and Africa see as a foreshadow of Trump’s ‘America First’ trade ideology on the continent.
2 August 2018
www.dakaractu.com
La 53e session ordinaire de la Conférence des chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de la CEDEAO fait état de progrès importants vers la création d’une monnaie commune.
2 August 2018
http://cityvoiceng.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Soteri Gatera.
1 August 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
The summit is organised by Uongozi Institute, a public institute established by the Government of Tanzania to support African leaders to deliver sustainable development.
1 August 2018
www.thecitizen.co.tz
Rwanda President Paul Kagame will deliver the keynote speech at the fifth African Leadership Forum (ALF), which is hosted by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr Benjamin William Mkapa, and organised by the Uongozi Institute.
1 August 2018
www.4-traders.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent's dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic Commission for Africa's Soteri Gatera.
1 August 2018
https://enterprisetv.tv
The Economic Commission for Africa has said that the entire continent stands to gain much more from AfCFTA than it benefits from other trading arrangements with regions outside the continent.
1 August 2018
http://togopresse.tg
1 August 2018
https://allafrica.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent's dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic Commission for Africa's Soteri Gatera.
1 August 2018
www.businessamlive.com
Total pharmaceutical spend in Africa is projected to reach $45 billion by 2020 from an estimated $18 billion spend in 2012 on the growing cases of non-communicable diseases, according to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
1 August 2018
www.worldnews.com.ng
Echoing the views of local manufacturers on the need to engage critical stakeholders preparatory to the AfCFTA ratification, the African Union Commission (AUC) has highlighted the importance of stakeholder consultation platforms for the success of the trade deal.
1 August 2018
www.einnews.com
The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) and the Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAGRAF), last week hosted the 2nd Roundtable on Equity in Intra African Trade-Induced Industrialization and Integration.
1 August 2018
www.einnews.com
There is an urgent need to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Africa to reduce the continent’s dependence on imported pharmaceutical and medical products, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Soteri Gatera.