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“If we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria” – President Muhammadu Buhari (2015)     By Adam Alqali Not even the euphoria that greeted Nigeria’s 1999 return to democracy equated that of the reemergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the country’s leader in 2015. His past stewardship of Nigeria (1984-85)…

By Muhammad Usman   As part of efforts to integrate trade and logistics activities in the AfCFTA era, Ethiopian Airlines Group and the African Electronic Trade Group (A-e Trade Group), a social enterprise focused on digitalizing intra-and inter-African trade, have signed an agreement to establish the East African Smart Logistics…

Deliberations at tralac’s 2021 Annual Conference centred on how Africa can build effective public health preparedness against Covid-19 and future pandemics as well as the role of women, youth and SMEs in the continent’s emerging digital trade space     By Adam Alqali & Stephen Enoch As the third wave…

The African Electronic Trade (AeTrade) Group hosted a high-level session on the role of SMEs, youth and women in the implementation of the AfCFTA at the virtual 2021 African Integration Day held Wednesday (July 7), after which the Group announced Rwanda and Ethiopia as hosts for its continental and East…

Stakeholders from the African Union, Member States, United Nations, private sector as well as civil society are currently participating in the three-day virtual commemoration of the 2021 African Integration Forum   By Adam Alqali     It would be recalled that July 7 was declared as African Integration Day by…

By Muhammad Usman   The African Electronic Trade (AeTrade) Group is set to host a high-level session on the role of SMEs, youth and women in the implementation of the AfCFTA at the forthcoming 2021 African Integration Forum cum commemoration of African Integration Day, holding physically at the African Union…

By Adam Alqali The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA’s) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa Monday hosted a virtual validation session for a study assessing the feasibility of establishing and managing a common Agro-Industrial Park (AIP) between Zambia and Zimbabwe.     An Agro-Industrial Park is defined as “a geographic cluster…

By Stephen Enoch As part of efforts to facilitate trade among women under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regime, a new online portal Electronic Trade Hubs (eTrade Hubs), which will serve as an entry point for trade tools and information, was launched virtually on Thursday. In partnership with…

Winners of the AeTrade Global Competition for African entrepreneurs: Youth, Women, SMEs, and Start-ups will be supported to the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) holding in Kigali, Rwanda, from 8 to 14 December 2021. The winners will be sponsored to attend the Trade Fair. Apply to attend here

Heads of state and government of African countries Thursday proffered solutions to the continent’s high-dependence on food importation, calling for the mobilization of investments to produce the desired technology and innovation capable of transforming the continent’s fragile food systems.     The heads of state were speaking at a virtual…