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Since the official commencement of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2021, the AfCFTA has been reshaping African economies, creating a single market for goods and services thereby gradually repositioning Africa’s status in global trade agenda.   By Stephen Enoch To this end, trade…

President Lazarus Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi cum chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Tuesday delivered the keynote address (via video conferencing) at Series 2 of the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS), holding between 19th and 22nd of October in Accra, Ghana.   By Adam Alqali…

An African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) delegation is currently in Uganda for the conduct of a targeted review in the country focused on three thematic clusters, namely Underdevelopment of Agriculture; Unresponsive Civil Service; and Underdevelopment of Infrastructure.     Other than its mandated reviews, APRM conducts targeted reviews on specific…

Series 2 of the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) is set to hold between 19th and 22nd of October in Accra, Ghana, under the theme: “Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giants in the Implementation of Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and Leveraging Strategic Opportunities for…

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…

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…

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…

The African  Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization will on the 29th and 30th of April, co-host a high level dialogue which will focus on feeding Africa, with a…