Growing Africa's Intra-Trade Potential

African countries are attempting to increase Intra-African trade to boost regional economies.

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  • West Africa:  Time to Speed Up West Africa's Regional Integration Process

    Ghanaian Chronicle, 18 July 2013

    Efforts to accelerate the process of Regional Integration in West Africa have received a further boost, following a tripartite meeting between the Economic Community of West ... read more »

  • Southern Africa:  Southern African Development Community Protocol On Trade in Services (press release)

    South African Government, 16 July 2013

    On 26 June 2013 Cabinet approved the submission of the SADC Protocol on Trade in Services to Parliament for ratification, in accordance with section 231 of the Constitution. read more »

  • Kenya:  Uhuru - We'll Robustly Pursue Intra-African Trade

    Capital FM, 15 July 2013

    President Uhuru Kenyatta says his government's foreign policy will be geared towards deepening trade relations with member states of East African countries among other African ... read more »

  • Nigeria:  Intra-African Trade Hits U.S.$131.1 Billion

    This Day, 15 July 2013

    Despite several restrictions that inhibit the movement of goods and services in the continent, the intra-African trade (both exports and imports) stood at $131.1 billion (N20.7 ... read more »

  • Africa:  UN Urges Africa to Boost Regional Trade

    Voice of America, 11 July 2013

    The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is calling on African nations to boost their private sectors to advance intra-regional trade. UNCTAD's new report on the ... read more »

  • Africa:  UNCTAD - Inter-African Trade Too Thin (analysis)

    Deutsche Welle, 11 July 2013

    African states should trade more with one another, a report from the UN trade and development body says. Regional trade alliances have been trying to bring down barrierrs for years ... read more »

  • Africa:  Connecting to Global Value Chains to Boost Intra-African Trade

    United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 8 July 2013

    Moderating a roundtable on the theme, "Aid for Trade, value chains and intra-African Trade" at the ongoing Global Review of Aid for Trade, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of ... read more »

  • Southern Africa:  Intra-Trade Increases Since SADC Protocol

    New Era, 5 July 2013

    Trade within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has increased since the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Trade, which has been in effect since January 25, 2000. read more »

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  • upliftdarace_144
    Jul 21 2013, 16:26

    We Black Africans have been giving away our Talents and resources, like the one (1) LAZY person , in Jesus Christ’s parable of the Talents . In the parable Three (3) persons were given Talents by God ; 1) One person was given Five (5) Talents. This person was industrious and turned his 5 Talents into Ten (10) Talents. 2) One person was given Two (2) Talents. This person was industrious and turned his 2 Talents into Four (4) Talents. 3) One person was given One (1) Talent. This person was spiritually-lazy and BURIED HIS TALENT IN THE EARTH.

    The above-noted PARABLE OF THE TALENTS have two types of roads of travel we can take with our Talents : a) We can use what God gave us and be fruitful and multiply ; like the persons with five (5) Talents & two (2) Talents. OR b) We can hide our talent in the Earth ; which represents man’s way of suppressing his spiritual conscious , trying to guide him to use his gift from God in love. • And just as God gave Judas Iscariot’s (betrayer of Jesus Christ ) position of Apostle to Matthias . So will God give the place of all who neglect their Talents to those who are industrious .

    Jesus Christ concluded in his PARABLE OF THE TALENTS : God said this to the LAZY SERVANT. “ …….You should have put the Talent I gave you to the use. Then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. . Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten (10) Talents. For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that lacks shall be taken away the only thing he has (his soul’s life ). And cast that LAZY SERVANT into The Lake Of Fire :where there shall be weeping and grinding of teeth . If we Black Africans believe that we are equal with anyone, then our actions will Be consistent with our beliefs. After all, “ FAITH WITHOUT CORRESPONDING ACTION IS DEAD ! “. Bottom Line / Conclusion : We Black Africans can , have, and are slowly making a difference in this world . Here are some major things that Black Africans have invented From A - Z : Air Conditioner - Bicycle Frame - Bottle Caps - Hair Brush - Baby Buggy - Auto Air Brake -Toilet (Commode) - Pressure Cooker - Folding Chair - Pressing Comb ( Pressing & Curling Iron ) – (Torpedo Discharger ) - ( Disposable Syringe ) - Doorknob -Door stop - ( Digital Toaster ) - Defroster - ( Clothes Dresser ) -( Dust Pan ) -( Clothes Drier ) [ Eye Protector (Goggles) ] - ( Egg Beater ) - ( Envelope Seal ) - (Fire Extinguisher ) -Elevator -( Fire Escape Ladder ) – (Automatric Fishing Reel ) – (Heating Furnace ) - (Pastry Fork ) ( Guided Missile ) -Guitar - (Gas Mask ) - (Starter Generator) - ( Home Security System ) - Horseshoe – (Horse Riding Saddle ) – (Horn Light Indicator ) - [ Thermo (Heated) Hair Curlers ] ( Bathroom Tissue Holder ) - (Heating Furnace ) –(Rain Hat) – Helicopter – (Hair Care Products) - ( Ironing Board ) – (Ice Cream) – (Kitchen Table) – ( Letter Box) – (Lawn Mower) –Lock -( Electric lamp ) – Lantern – (Lawn Sprinkler) – (X-Ray Machine) - Motor - (Urinalysis Machine ) Mop – (Multi-Stage Rocket) -Corn Planter - Cotton Planter - Pacemaker Controls - Peanut Butter - Paints - Air & Water Pillow – Player Piano -Postal Letter Box -Printing Press -Pencil Sharpener Fountain Pen -Street Sweeper - Stains (Varnish) – Soap – Shoe –Siren - Keyboard Stand -Super Soaker Watergun - Shoe Lasting Machine - Traffic Signal -Sugar Refiner -Stair-Climbing Wheelchair - Train bathrooms - Typewriter -Train Alarm - Medicine Tray - Track Athlete Trainer – Sanitary Belt (Tampons) - Sanitary Belt (Waterproof Tampons) Electric Railway -Passenger Register - Roller Coaster - Pocketed Underwear - Clothes Wringer - Wrench - Window Cleaner - Backwasher - X-Ray Machine

    The Black Inventors Museum - Box 76128 - Los Angeles , Calif. (90076)USA – is where I got some posters displaying detailed information on Black Inventors. [ If anyone would like a copy of my files on Black African inventors contact me via Paradise Personals ] .

    We are still being robbed under the guise of aid. Stop giving away our resources. Develop them, process them ourselves. “ Daniel 11: 14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the ROBBERS of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. “

    Modern Slavery started in Ghana with the Portuguese 1442 . We still have a form of Slavery going on in Africa. Could the Portuguese be trying to enslave us again ? Also let’s not forget (The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885) – where 14 European Nations, Turkey & America agreed on how they would rob Africa . The prophet Daniel foretold this robbing of Africa ; see Daniel 11:14 . WAKE UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS . BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. You’re In My Prayers Africa. God Bless Us. God Bless Africa.

  • upliftdarace_144
    Jul 21 2013, 16:28

    Africa Must Free Africa [ Deuteronomy 28:68 ] And the Lord shall bring Israel into Egypt again with ships and there Israel shall be sold to Israels enemies as slaves, and no man shall set Israel free; by the way of which I spoke to Israel , Israel shall see it no more.

    Believe it or not, we Black African in the diaspora of countries like America, Brazil,The United Kingdom, the islands, even India (via The Islamic version of robbing Africa of its people), are descendants of the Israelites The Lord God said ( via his Prophet Moses ) we would suffer this fate; because of our stubbornest and refusal to stick with Lord God .

    And speaking of those descendants, will we ever be free ? Recently & once again the World recognized Martin-Luther King Jr. . On April 3, 1968, hours before he was murdered, he said (talking strictly to his disenfranchised and scattered Africans ): .We as a People Will get to the Promised Land . I believe that this was a prophecy of not only what would happen, but how it would happen. Going back to Deuteronomy 28:68 and adding it to MLK Jr.'s prophecy, here's what I get:

    a) No man shall set us free PLUS b) We As A People shall get to the Promised Land = [ We shall set ourselves free, when we choose to become whole again. ] And how do we become whole again? By reclaiming our missing parts. What is stopping Africa from reclaiming its stolen people ?

    I believe that the times are approaching for Africa's redemption from: Poverty, Oppression, and Depression.

    [Daniel 11:14 ] And in those times there shall many nations come against the king of the south (Great Britain BABYLON ): ALSO the ROBBERS OF ISRAEL exalt themselves to establish the vision; BUT THE ROBBERS OF ISRAEL SHALL FALL !

    We are that Israel held in exiled & domestic captivity by Babvlon ( The United Kingdom) & It's Whore (America).

    Many of us Black Africans want to return to our Motherland. Reclaim your missing children Africa! As is sung in The Song of Africa, we sing God Bless Africa. How can God Bless Africa, when Africa won't Bless itself. There is an unlimited wealth of prosperity awaiting Africa, if Africa rejects the ways of Balaam and receive the Blessings Of Father Abraham, via Africa's Impoverished, Oppressed, Depressed Children.

    The question is Will Africa Invest In Africa ? The Robbing of our people was not only done by Europeans & Muslims, but by Africans too. We Black Africans must first give ourselves Reparations. As the saying goes, Love your neighbor, as you love yourself. We cannot truly love anyone, until we first love ourselves. Africa Claim your heritage, claim your children Africa. Free us from this bondage .We have trillions upon trillions in capital, expertise, and experience !!!

    Africa Must Free Africa !!! ( Deuteronomy 28:68 )

  • upliftdarace_144
    Jul 21 2013, 16:30

    HeyNow Afrikan Family !

    On Afrikans Investing In Technology , Afrikans abroad & In Afrika

    Should Invest In The Technologies around the world And Have It

    Shipped To Afrika With The Know-How To Do It Ourselves.. We

    SHOULD NOT just allow countries to come into our countries and build

    and settle on our lands. If you will allow a stranger to run your country,

    Then you will allow then to run your state. If you will allow a stranger to run your state,

    then you will allow them to run your city, your neighborhood, your home, your family,

    yourself.. We Black Afrikans will be free , when we stop selling ourselves !!!!!!!

    America (The Whore Of Babylon) Is Trying To Re-vive it'as dying

    soul via other ASIANS & CAUC - ASIANS , But Prophecy Is

    Pronounced :

    And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of

    the south(AMERICA / BABYLON ): ALSO the ROBBERS OF OUR

    PEOPLE shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; BUT

    THEY SHALL FALL ! [Daniel 11:14 ]

    ATTENTION AFRIKA , you have 300 million citizens spread

    abroad that need your help getting back to our roots. While you

    are looking to countries like America & China to uplift Afrika, Many

    of us Black Afrikans spread abroad are proficient in a lot of useful

    technologies. Here is a brief synopsis of some of the inventions

    that Black Americans have produced. So please help us to get

    home.

    BLACK AFRICAN INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS

    * Sarah Boone - IRONING BOARD - April 26, 1892

    * John A. Burr - LAWN MOWER

    * Marie V. Brittan Brown - HOME SECURITY SYSTEM - Dec 2, 1969

    * Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER

    * George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE

    * George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS – PAINT STAINS – ETC

    * W.A. Dietz - SHOE

    * P.B. Downing - POSTAL LETTER BOX

    * Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM

    * T. Elkins - TOILET (COMMODE)

    * Robert Flemming Jr. - GUITAR

    * George F. Grant - GOLF TEE

    * J. Gregory - MOTOR

    * Michael Harney - LANTERN

    * Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM

    * B.F. Jackson - GAS BURNER

    * H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE

    * Ruane Jeter - DIGITAL TOASTER - April 14, 1987

    * Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME

    * John A. Johnson - WRENCH

    * P. Johnson - EYE PROTECTOR (GOGGLES)

    * W. Johnson - EGG BEATER

    * Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS – AIR CONDITIONER

    * Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS

    * John H. Jordan - CLOTHES DRESSER

    * Mary B. Kenner - SANITARY BELT (TAMPONS) - May 15, 1956

    * Mary B. Kenner - BATHROOM TISSUE HOLDER - Nov 19, 1982

    * Mary B. Kenner - BACKWASHER ( BATHTUB OR SHOWER MOUNTED) - July 29,1987

    * Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP

    * W.A. Lavalette - PRINTING PRESS

    * Maurice W. Lee PRESSURE COOKER

    * A.L. Lewis - WINDOW CLEANER

    * John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER

    * Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER

    * Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR

    * Jan E. Matzeliger - SHOE LASTING MACHINE

    * W.A. Martin - LOCK

    * Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal

    * Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898

    * Alice H. Parker - HEATING FURNACE - Dec 23, 1919

    * J.F. Pickering - AIR SHIP (BLIMP)

    * Purdy & Sadgwar - FOLDING CHAIR

    * W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN

    * L.P. Ray - DUST PAN

    * W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY

    * G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER

    * .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER

    * J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR

    * T.W. Stewart - MOP

    * Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER

    * Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster

    * Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum *

    * Address : P.O. Box 76128 - Los Angeles , Calif. (90076)

    * Phone (310) 859-4602)

    * Director : Ghanaian Mr. Hamza Salifa

    AND

    ONE AFRICA TOURS & SPECIALTY SERVICES LTD.

    * Major Contributor of Information : SEESTAH Imahkus Nzinga Ababio Okofo

    [ http://www.oneafricaghana.com/ ]

    P. O. Box CC 1251 - Cape Coast

    Ghana - West Africa

    What can you do to help us ?

    Start with contacting Pan-Afrikanist organizations like BLACK

    STAR MEDIA (Modelled after Marcus Garvey’s Vision For Afrika) : They are at

    [ www.libradio.net ]. The CEO of BLACK STAR MEDIA is Keidi-Obi

    Awadu. He has been on the frontline fighting for our freedom for

    over 30 years.

    It's Not A Question Of Other Learned Societies.

    It's The INFERIORITY COMPLEX WE HAVE TO SHED

    St. Paul In A Letter To The Christians In Rome Said :

    " For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man that is

    among you, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY Than

    He Ought To Think; but to think soberly, according AS GOD HAS

    DEALT TO EVERY MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH .

    We All Should Think Highly Of Ourselves, Keeping In Our Mind

    That God Gave Us Dominion Over The Earth

    , NOT EACH OTHER. !!!!!!!!

    So let's please help us to return to our Mama Afrika as Israel

    under Moses escaped their exile !!!!!!!

    MAMA AFRIKA YOUR CHILDREN WANT TO COME HOME !!!!!!!

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    WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS !

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    - Life Is a Game. Have Fun.

    [ Luke 18:17 / Isaiah 11:6 ]

  • foryohjonathan0000
    Jul 23 2013, 09:43

    YES! AND THERE ARE MANY MORE INTEGRATION ON THE CONTINENT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A WISE AND STRUCTURALLY WAY WHERE IN THE DEVILS AND THE RACISTS WON'T GET HANDS ON IT. LET AFRICA AND AFRICANS FREE; FREE FROM MENTAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, DIABOLICAL SATANIC CULTURES, AND THE PAINS THAT THEY INSTILL IN US "AFRICANS AND AFRICA" FOR CENTURIES AGO (SLAVERY MENTALITIES),

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