October 20, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA and Trade UN Services Tops the Agenda of the Sro-SA Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) convened an Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on the theme: "The African… Read more »
October 27, 2020
Africa: A High-Level Panel to Promote the Implementation of the AfCFTA in Niger
On the initiative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), in partnership with the Ministry of Trade… Read more »
October 22, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Will Address Africa's Investment Challenges, Says ECA's Karingi At Aim2020
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a game changer for investment on the continent which in recent years has seen foreign direct investment continuing to weaken,… Read more »
October 20, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Will Harmonize Investment Rules, Create Level-Playing Field, Says Eca Director
The African Continental Free Trade Area is going to harmonize investment rules between its member countries and the rest of the world in order to create a level playing field after… Read more »
Africa: Continued Research Key As Africa Moves Towards Free Trade
Thorough research and continuous interaction between researchers and policy makers is crucial to ensure the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) delivers for the continent,… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Africa: Innovative Research On Preferential Trade Arrangements in Africa Reviewed By Experts
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted the third of a series of five virtual experts group review meetings on… Read more »
October 15, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA - North African Representatives Call for Accelerated Negotiations On E-Commerce
The ECA Office for North Africa held on Wednesday 14 October 2020 a webinar on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the mitigation of the COVID-19 Impact on trade… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Mauritius: Mauritius Holds National AfCFTA Strategy Consultations On October 15
Mauritius, with the support of ECA, will organize a national consultative meeting on Thursday 15 Oct. to guide the development of the country's African Continental Free Trade Area… Read more »
October 12, 2020
North Africa: Webinar - AfCFTA and Covid-19 Mitigation in North African Trade Strategies
- The Economic Commission for Africa office for North Africa, will hold on Wednesday 14 October 2020 a webinar on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the… Read more »
October 07, 2020
Central Africa: Experts Meet to Review a Study On Negotiating Institutions - Putting in the Right Foundations in Central Africa
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted the second of a series of five virtual expert group meetings on innovative… Read more »
Africa: To Build Back Better, Make African Trade Greener
Broad consensus is emerging around the silver-lining opportunity to "build back better" from the COVID-19 crisis by creating more sustainable, resilient and inclusive societies. Read more »
October 06, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA - The Government of Niger, the Eca and the Organization of Industrial Professionals of Niger Organise the 4th Edition of the Trade Fair "100 Percent Made in Niger"
On Thursday, October 1, 2020, in Niamey, the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Mr Albadé Abouba, representing Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, officially… Read more »
October 05, 2020
Africa: Experts Meet to Review a New Study On Preferential Trade Agreement Compliance
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today hosted the first of a series of five virtual experts group review meetings… Read more »
October 03, 2020
Africa: Harmonization of Standards Across Africa Is Vital to the Realization of Trade and Industrialization Potential of the AfCFTA
The report on "Identifying Priority Products and Value Chains for Standards Harmonization in Africa" jointly published by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United… Read more »
September 17, 2020
Mauritania: Mauritania Finalizes AfCFTA Implementation Strategy
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the ECA Office in North Africa will hold today in Nouakchott (Mauritania) a workshop to… Read more »
September 10, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 - New ECA Report Calls On Governments to Harmonize Trade & Cross-Border Policies
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Thursday launched a new COVID-19 cross-border trade report urging governments on the continent to adopt and harmonize policies that will… Read more »
July 22, 2020
East Africa: Covid-19 Remains an Impediment to Regional Trade - Kenya Pushes Ahead
At a time when global trade seems so uncertain because of COVID-19 pandemic crisis, a recent paper strikingly highlights that Kenya experienced a significant improvement in exports… Read more »
July 07, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Africa's Plan to Ride Out Crippling Coronavirus Crisis, Says Vera Songwe
Africa does not need a Marshall Plan to ride out the ongoing coronavirus crisis. It has a more powerful tool in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to use in… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Africa Should Eye Strategies to Reduce Import Dependency of Essential Goods
- Africa has been battling to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to address its impacts but the socioeconomic hardship suffered is significant. Read more »
June 04, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Remains Africa's Ambitious Plan to Prosperity Even in Midst of COVID-19
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is still the agreement with great potential to foster regional economic integration and economic growth, and take Africa to the… Read more »
Africa: Policymakers and Business Leaders to Review the Implications for E-Commerce in Africa and Beyond
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today will hold its first ecomConnect Day on the future of… Read more »
May 20, 2020
Africa: Initiative On Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and Other Trade Agreements
Following the raft of ad-hoc trade measures taken by countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations has put in place a new initiative to develop model provisions… Read more »
May 15, 2020
Africa: Electronic Trade Rekindling Sales for African Businesses During COVID-19
Imagine using one second to sell three thousand (3000) bags of a coffee produce which lay fallow hitherto in storehouses in Rwanda for months due to freighting stand-stills caused… Read more »
May 14, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 and Export Restrictions - The Limits of International Trade Law and Lessons for the AfCFTA
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today released a Policy Brief which provides a preliminary analysis, from an African perspective, of the limits of international trade law… Read more »
May 12, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Trade Expert Says AfCFTA Could Help Africa Bounce Back
Addis Ababa 11 May 2020 (ECA) - The director of regional integration and trade at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Stephen Karingi, told an online group of journalists on… Read more »