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23 May 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
A UN offcial said on Wednesday that China could play a role in helping Africa achieve benefits of the Continental Free Trade Area.
23 May 2018
allafrica.com
The Nigerian iGuide, an online investment portal, was officially launched in the presence of public officials, private sector representatives and journalists on 17 May 2018 in Abuja, the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
22 May 2018
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
Recently, the African Continental Free Trade Area was signed. The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Vera Songwe spoke to Christabel Ligami on the pact and her vision for the commission.
22 May 2018
www.newsdeeply.com
The fund will focus on women-led companies, helping them access money that banks are unwilling to lend them. And by increasing women’s participation in the business world, the hope is to raise women’s decision-making powers across all sectors.
22 May 2018
allafrica.com
Recently, the African Continental Free Trade Area was signed. The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Vera Songwe spoke to Christabel Ligami on the pact and her vision for the commission.
22 May 2018
www.iol.co.za
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday to step up collaboration to boost Africa’s industrialisation.
22 May 2018
en.rfi.fr
Voters in Burundi have overwhelmingly supported constitutional reforms bolstering President Pierre Nkurunziza's powers and giving him the option to stay in the top job until 2034, according to official results released yesterday.
22 May 2018
allafrica.com
Both the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063 encompass the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, the environmental, and the social. Equitable and lasting development requires careful balance in production, consumption and use of natural resources to ensure that today's consumption does not compromise the needs of...
22 May 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
Liberia is expected to join 19 other African nations in the establishment of a one-stop-shop “single window” policy at the Freeport of Monrovia to ease the challenges traders encounter.To this end, Liberia on Tuesday convened a two-day awareness symposium in collaboration with partners to help develop a roadmap central to trade facilitation and doing business in the country.
22 May 2018
www.thecable.ng
The world recently lost a colossal intellectual figure. The name of Professor Adebayo Adedeji resounds in critical places across the globe where issues of regionalism, economic ideologies, engaged public administration and national and continental development constitute discourses that affect and transform lives, especially if these lives are Africans and Nigerians.
22 May 2018
dailyguideafrica.com
An international trade expert has described the UNIPASS Trade Facilitation Tool to be deployed at the country’s ports as being among the best holistic and comprehensive systems developed to boost trade facilitation and customs management in the world.
22 May 2018
thenationonlineng.net
“There is a need for a different kind of Pan-Africanism, an economic Pan-Africanism. Economics is what is going to make Africa truly one of the great continents of the world”, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said at the #2018COM. #AfCFTA event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Assistant Editor NDUKA CHIEJINA examines the issues promoting the Africa...
22 May 2018
www.daily-mail.co.zm
ECONOMIC Commission for Africa (ECA) deputy executive secretary Giovanie Biha says Zambia should revamp its manufacturing sector if structural transformation is to succeed.
Last Friday, the ECA launched a new generation of reports focusing on African countries’ progress on structural transformation.
21 May 2018
CNBCAfrica
The data deficit in Africa is evident from a macro-level, and within the trade policy centre. For more CNBC Africa spoke to David Luke, Coordinator, African Trade Policy Centre at UNECA.
21 May 2018
www.journaldebrazza.com
Le Premier ministre éthiopien, Abiy Ahmed, estime que l’intégration économique de l’Afrique est « inévitable » si la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLEC) est « façonnée et mise en œuvre » pour permettre au continent de « créer des opportunités pour ses citoyens ».
21 May 2018
www.financialafrik.com
La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA) doit être façonnée et mise en œuvre pour permettre à l’Afrique de créer des opportunités pour ses citoyens ; stimuler le programme d’industrialisation du continent et assurer une croissance inclusive, déclare le Premier ministre éthiopien, Abiy Ahmed.
21 May 2018
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
Drought, a decline in commodity prices, political instability and civil conflicts have weakened East African economies in the past two years.
21 May 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AFDB.org) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (www.UNIDO.org) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday, May 21 to step up collaboration to boost Africa’s industrialization.
20 May 2018
https://maghrebemergent.info
Rencontrée à l’occasion de la 51ème session de la Conférence des ministres des Finances africains, de la planification et du développement économique au siège de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) à Addis-Abeba, la Directrice du Bureau de la CEA pour l’Afrique du Nord, Mme Lilia Hachem Naas répond aux questions de Maghreb Emergent sur le statut stratégique qu’occupe la région dans le...
20 May 2018
www.iol.co.za
As conferences continue to be held in Africa about the theft of monies due to us by multinationals, the continent continues to be short-changed by lack of collaboration and information sharing.
20 May 2018
newtelegraphonline.com
Efforts to open Nigeria’s investment opportunities to foreign investors, Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) is spearheading collaboration with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade Development (UNCTAD) to showcase country’s investment opportunities.
20 May 2018
www.maghrebemergent.info
Rencontrée à l’occasion de la 51ème session de la Conférence des ministres des Finances africains, de la planification et du développement économique au siège de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) à Addis-Abeba, la Directrice du Bureau de la CEA pour l’Afrique du Nord, Mme Lilia Hachem Naas répond aux questions de Maghreb Emergent sur le statut stratégique qu’occupe la région dans le...
19 May 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed, has stated that the government is ready to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal and deposit its instruments to the African Union.
19 May 2018
https://www.ena.et
Ministry of Trade announced that it is finalizing the last remaining three protocols of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AFCFTA) to submit the document to the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) for approval.
19 May 2018
allafrica.com
The Economic Commission for Africa's revised strategic framework for 2018-2019 was endorsed by the just-ended 51st Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development that was held in Addis Ababa.