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11 April 2018
lemagazinedumanager.com
La capitale du Sénégal, Dakar va accueillir du 2 au 4 mai prochain, la quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) qui se tient cette année sous le thème : «Une transformation vers des sociétés durables et résilientes».
11 April 2018
www.gdnonline.com
UAE is the second top investing country in Africa by value of capital investment in 2016, accounting for $11 billion of capex giving it a 12 percent market share, said a media report.
11 April 2018
www.menafn.com
Vera Songwe is currently Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. She is also, since 2011, a non-resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institute: Global Development and Africa Growth Initiative.
11 April 2018
http://lemagazinedumanager.com
La capitale du Sénégal, Dakar va accueillir du 2 au 4 mai prochain, la quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) qui se tient cette année sous le thème : «Une transformation vers des sociétés durables et résilientes».
10 April 2018
enquetedesolutions.wordpress.com
La quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) se tiendra du 2 au 4 mai prochain à Dakar, au Sénégal.
10 April 2018
www.lejecos.com
La quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) se tiendra à Dakar, au Sénégal, le mois prochain, sous le thème du Forum politique de haut niveau sur le développement durable : «Une transformation vers des sociétés durables et résilientes».
10 April 2018
africanarguments.org
On 21 March, dozens of African countries agreed to establish what could be a truly transformative trade deal. At a special African Union summit convened in Rwanda, 44 governments signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The majority of the remaining 11 AU member states signed the Kigali Declaration, a promissory note to ratify the AfCFTA. 27 additionally signed a...
10 April 2018
www.africanlawbusiness.com
The signature, by over 40 leaders of African nations, of a free trade agreement, shows the political will to move beyond Africa’s regional trade blocs is alive. Can a pan-African trade area become a reality?
10 April 2018
https://enquetedesolutions.wordpress.com
La quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) se tiendra du 2 au 4 mai prochain à Dakar, au Sénégal.
9 April 2018
https://allafrica.com
The fourth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) will be held in Dakar, Senegal, next month under the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development theme: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies".
9 April 2018
http://allafrica.com
Biomass represents a sustainable energy source that could be the answer to South Africa's escalating cost of electricity, an industry insider argues.
9 April 2018
http://allafrica.com
The Angolan ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Arcanjo do Nascimento, alerted the A.U Peace and Security Council (PCS) on the need for keeping necessary surveillance to avoid occurrence of new genocides in the continent.
9 April 2018
https://jamestown.org
African development hinges on a maddening paradox: its greatest asset—the sheer size and diversity of its landscape—is also the greatest barrier to its development.
9 April 2018
http://allafrica.com
The fourth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) will be held in Dakar, Senegal, next month under the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development theme: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies".
8 April 2018
http://allafrica.com
The 4th edition of the annual workshop on International Economic Negotiations will take place in Libreville, Gabon, from 23 to 27 April - under the theme, "Building Africa's Negotiating Capacity for Improved Terms of Engagement with the Rest of the World."
5 April 2018
www.chronicle.co.zw
The recently signed African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) presents a huge opportunity for Zimbabwean companies to increase export to the African continent, ZimTrade has said.
5 April 2018
www.modernghana.com
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has commended the Central Bank for reducing its monetary policy rate by 200 basis points to 18 percent.
4 April 2018
www.finalcall.com
According to published reports, at least 44 African nations signed a landmark trade agreement to eliminate tariffs on “90 percent of all goods traded within the continent.”
4 April 2018
https://issafrica.org
The impressive turnout at the African Union’s Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 21 March showed the continent’s united fervour to boost its economic opportunities. Delegations from 50 countries, including 27 heads of state, attended the summit in Kigali.
3 April 2018
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
It is common knowledge that Africa is not poor, the continent holds the largest share of the world’s precious metals, and while barely half of its arable land has been cultivated, it is the leading producer of cocoa in the world. Indeed, some Gulf countries are known to have purchased land in Africa to grow food to meet their future needs.
3 April 2018
www.lenouveaugabon.com
Les membres du Comité du commerce, des douanes et de l’immigration de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique centrale (CEEAC) étaient réunis le 2 avril, à Douala, la capitale du Cameroun.
3 April 2018
www.investiraucameroun.com
Les membres du Comité du commerce, des douanes et de l’immigration de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique centrale (CEEAC) étaient réunis le 2 avril, à Douala, la capitale du Cameroun.
3 April 2018
www.financialafrik.com
Le guide électronique d’investissements pour la Zambie, une plateforme d’investissement numérique, a été lancé ce 28 mars 2018 avec l’appui technique de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) et la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED).
3 April 2018
www.monitor.co.ug
To turn around the economic fortune of Africa, governments must open up borders to embrace intra continental trade.
2 April 2018
http://capitalethiopia.com
Last week the second African Climate talks were held to identify new ways to alleviate the climate and development crises facing the continent.