August 15, 2017
Africa: ECA Pushes Africa's Integration Agenda, Inclusivity and Equitable Trade At the 2017 Aid for Trade Global Review
The just-concluded 2017 Aid for Trade Global Review that was held on the theme "Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development" saw the Economic… Read more »
July 19, 2017
Africa: ECA Pushes Africa's Integration Agenda, Inclusivity and Equitable Trade At the 2017 Aid for Trade Global Review
The just-ended Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 that was held on the theme "Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development" saw the Economic Commission… Read more »
July 15, 2017
Africa: Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Moving in the Right Direction
Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations are moving in the right direction and at the desired pace, with the first phase of the negotiations expected to be concluded by the… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Africa: ECA-WTO Joint Publication On Role of Aid for Trade in Boosting Intra-African Trade Launched in Geneva
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have launched a co-publication on promoting connectivity in Africa, focusing on the role of Aid for… Read more »
July 11, 2017
Africa: Boosting Intra-African Trade Crucial to Africa's Development Says Eca's Stephen Karingi
The Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 opened at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva today with the Economic Commission for Africa's Capacity Development… Read more »
May 03, 2017
Africa: African Chambers of Commerce Discuss Best Practices in Use of Single Windows in Enabling Cross Border Trade
The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI), in collaboration with the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), today concluded a two-day consultative meeting that… Read more »
May 22, 2017
Africa: Climate Change and Trade - Impact On Food Security in Africa
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is jointly organized a session on "How taking into account climate change can help Africa to… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Africa: As the Deadline for the Continental Free Trade Area Looms, Experts Consider Its Future
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) convened a two-day expert group meeting to review the Eighth Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) report on the… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: IDEP Builds Capacity of 25 African Policymakers in the Design of International Trade Policies
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently trained 25 officials from different African countries on how to design and manage dynamic trade policies… Read more »
April 08, 2017
West Africa: Ad Hoc Experts' Group Meeting On the Common External Tariff and the Economic Partnership Agreements in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising an Ad hoc Experts' Group… Read more »
April 07, 2017
Africa: 17 African Law Students Qualify for Final Round of 15th WTO Moot Court Competition
Seventeen African law students, including 9 women and 8 men, have qualified for the final oral round of the 15th European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on… Read more »
March 05, 2017
Africa: ECA Counsels Respect of Human Rights in Free Trade Agreements
We need to put people ahead of economic aggregates and focus on human rights, especially for the vulnerable when negotiating Africa's Continental Free Trade Area said David Luke on… Read more »
March 04, 2017
Africa: ECA Experts Participate in 5th Meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum
Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recently participated in the 5th meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiating Forum that was hosted by the… Read more »
March 02, 2017
Africa: Experts Gathered to Discuss a Proactive African Response to Commodity Price Volatility
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) together with Tax Justice Network-Africa (TJN-A) will convene a colloquium addressing Africa's response to the global collapse in… Read more »
February 03, 2017
Africa: Strengthening Economic Corridors
The Economic Commission for Africa, through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor… Read more »
Africa: African LDCs Discuss Trade Strategies for Transformation and Poverty Reduction
The regional Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) workshop organised with the Ministry of Trade of Ethiopia and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
January 24, 2017
Africa: Twenty African Officials Benefit From Trade Policy Analysis Course
In its quest to help Africa deal with challenges it is facing regarding trade policy issues, the African Centre for Trade Policy (ATCP) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA,… Read more »
January 22, 2017
Africa: Canada's Progressive Trade Agenda Starts in Africa
The arrival of President-elect Donald Trump threw the Liberal Government's trade strategy off balance. The recent reshuffling of Cabinet and the now laser-like focus on the United… Read more »
November 29, 2016
Africa: Africa Trade Week 2016 Theme: Continental Free Trade Area and Trade Facilitation
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December 05, 2016
Africa: ECA to Continue Supporting Member States With Trade Negotiations Skills
The inaugural Africa Trade Week ended Friday in Addis Ababa with the Economic Commission for Africa's Principal Economic Adviser, Joseph Atta-Mensah, urging the ECA and its… Read more »
December 01, 2016
Africa: A Call to Arms Underlines the Opening of the Africa Trade Facilitation Forum
The Africa Trade Facilitation Forum segment of the ongoing Africa Trade Week opened here today with a rallying call to urgently address trade facilitation gaps that impact on trade… Read more »
Africa: ECA Urges Africa to Push Ahead With Continental Free Trade Area
The Africa Trade Forum ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with Economic Commission for Africa's Coordinator, David Luke, of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) urging participants… Read more »
November 08, 2016
Africa: First Ever Africa Trade Week Opens in Addis Ababa
The first ever Africa Trade Week opened in Addis Ababa today with the Economic Commission for Africa's David Luke, urging participants to come up with solutions to unanswered… Read more »
November 25, 2016
Africa: All Set for Africa Trade Week 2016
The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union will at the end of this month host the 2016 Africa Trade Week with a special focus on the Continental Free Trade Area… Read more »
November 04, 2016
Africa: ATPC and IDEP Launch New Training Program On Trade, Gender and Development
The first session of the course on Trade, Gender and Development took place in Dakar, Senegal from 31 October to 4 November 2016. Read more »