December 16, 2018
Africa: ECA Hosts Trade Finance for Female Entrepreneurs Workshop At Iatf 2018
Female entrepreneurs around the globe typically face greater barriers to accessing trade finance than their male counterparts, more so in the developing world where cultural norms… Read more »
December 12, 2018
Africa: LATF 2018 - Intra-African Trade the Engine for Developing Africa
Africa must forge ahead with the remaining technical negotiations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as African Union member countries continue to sign and ratify… Read more »
Africa: Smaller African Nations Should Not Fear but Embrace Afcfta, Says ECA's Songwe
Smaller African economies should not fear the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)but rather embrace the accord for the benefits it will bring to the continent through… Read more »
December 10, 2018
Egypt: Songwe Leads ECA in Showcasing Its Work At Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt
All is set for the Intra-African Trade (IATF) that begins in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday with Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, set to attend three… Read more »
December 06, 2018
Africa: AEC 2018 - Pushing for an Inclusive African Continental Free-Trade Agreement
A truly successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement cannot be achieved without the "people dimension," ensuring that the integration process does… Read more »
Africa: AEC 2018 - Energy Integration in Africa Crucial for Regional Integration and Trade
Energy integration in Africa is crucial to catalyse regional integration while intra-African trade has been proven to reduce environmental deterioration, two new studies unveiled… Read more »
Africa: At Closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, Economic Integration Is Seen As a Game-Changer Towards Achieving Inclusive Sustainable Development
Economic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable inclusive development and reduce multidimensional poverty… Read more »
November 06, 2018
Africa: Africa Seeks to Make International Trade Cheaper, Faster and Easier At Addis Ababa Forum
African countries seeking to reduce the cost, time and complexity of interregional and international trade in goods and services will gather for the First African Forum for… Read more »
November 03, 2018
Central Africa: Economic Diversification, Resilience, Free Trade At the Heart of UN Support to Central Africa
Officials of United Nations agencies and other development institutions working in Central Africa, as well as those of the General Secretariat of ECCAS and the CEMAC Commission… Read more »
November 23, 2018
Africa: East African Countries Agree to Strenghten Regional Integration Through the Continental Free Trade Area
Kigali, Rwanda, 22 November - Representatives of 14 countries in East Africa have agreed that the African Continental Free Trade Area, the AfCFTA, represents a unique opportunity… Read more »
November 21, 2018
Africa: Continent Free Trade Area Should Help Close Gender Equality Gaps in Africa
The signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in March 2018 in Kigali set the stage for the integration of the African continent into a single market. Read more »
November 20, 2018
Africa: Rwanda's Finance Minister Calls On Africa to Speedily Ratify Continental Free Trade Agreement
The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (ICE 2018) opened in Kigali Tuesday with Rwanda's Finance and Economic… Read more »
Africa: It's Time to Implement the Afcfta to Stimulate Economic Transformation in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda, 20 November (ECA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, could boost regional trade and industrialization, especially in East Africa. Effective… Read more »
November 08, 2018
Central Africa: Central Africa's Free Trade Instruments Gaining Traction in DR Congo
A total of 49 leaders from the public and private sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have completed a two-day training to appropriate rules of origin procedures… Read more »
November 13, 2018
Africa: African Trade Agreement - Catalyst for Growth
Africa is growing, but not fast enough. In order for more than 400 million Africans to rise out of poverty, continued economic growth across Africa's 54 nations will have to… Read more »
November 04, 2018
Africa: Private Sector Crucial to Successful Afcfta Implementation, Africa Trade Forum Delegates Agree
The 2018 Africa Trade Forum ended in Lagos, Nigeria, with delegates agreeing that while governments need to set a conducive environment through collective and coordinated actions… Read more »
November 03, 2018
Africa: Afcfta Can Propel Africa Towards Greater Development, Says Nigeria's Trade Minister
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has huge potential to move Africa to dizzy heights of development on the platform of the African Union's Agenda 2063, says… Read more »
November 02, 2018
Africa: Nigeria Not Against African Continental Free Trade Agreement, Says VP Osinbajo
There is unanimity in Nigeria on the immense benefits of promoting intra-African trade for development, job creation and poverty reduction, Nigeria's Vice President, Mr. Yemi… Read more »
October 31, 2018
Nigeria: Nigeria to Host Africa Trade Forum 2018
The Africa Trade Forum 2018, hosted by Nigeria's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, and co-organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), The… Read more »
October 07, 2018
Africa: Experts Receive Training to Remove Barriers to Sub-Regional Trade
- A training workshop for members of the National Approval Committee and economic stakeholders in the Republic of Congo on the procedures for accrediting their industrial products… Read more »
September 05, 2018
Africa: Trade Policy Should Not Be Left to Governments Alone, Says ECA's David Luke
David Luke, Coordinator of the African Trade Policy Centre at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for greater private sector involvement in trade… Read more »
September 18, 2018
Africa: Intra-African Trade Key to Continent's Economic Growth, Says Mauritian Minister At Ice 2018
The 24th Session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa opened in Mauritius Tuesday with an impassioned plea from Foreign Affairs, Regional… Read more »
September 08, 2018
Africa: Countries Must Focus On Macroeconomic, Trade and Gender Policies in Agriculture to Achieve the SDGs - ECA Chief
The food market will remain the biggest market in the world and Africa will be the biggest producer if we get our macroeconomic and fiscal policies, trade and gender policies… Read more »
July 30, 2018
Africa: Inclusiveness and Community-Level Engagement Crucial for Afcfta's Success
The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) and the Pan African Strategic and… Read more »
July 03, 2018
Africa: Migration and Continental Free Trade Area Are Levers for Africa's Economic Prosperity - Says Songwe
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has stressed that the aspirations of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 "will require tackling the illicit financial flows… Read more »