2022 WTPO Conference: AfCFTA eyes continent’s $450 million untapped SME market

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The 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations Conference has opened in Accra with a high panelled forum which is focused on leveraging the economic potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for inclusive growth. Speaking at the Conference…

Progress made on AfCFTA National and Regional Strategies in over 40 countries and RECs

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The ECA’s Sub-Regional Offices (SROs) worked with more than 40 Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in 2021 on implementing national and regional strategies for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The…

New tool to measure ease of inter-Africa trade launched

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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Sunday, May 15, launched the first-ever comprehensive tool that measures how easy, or hard, it is to do business between African countries. The AfCFTA Country Business Index (ACBI) has three key…

Pan-African coffee summit ends with pledge to boost trade in the commodity

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A three-day African coffee summit ended Friday evening in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with delegates pledging to upscale trade in the commodity across the continent. More than 500 delegates who attended the summit noted that intra-Africa trade…

Ethiopia central bank warns against trading in digital currencies

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Ethiopia’s central bank on Monday told Ethiopians not to engage in “illegal” transactions in digital currencies. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said digital currencies like crypto-currencies and bitcoins have not been recognized…

Mayor-Private sector conference

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The second mayor’s private sector conference has been held for two days from June 1-2, 2022 at Hilton hotel with the theme ‘Entrepreneurship Initiative for cities recovery and growth and the roles of mayors’. The conference is a…

The AfCFTA is an opportunity for Africa’s recovery

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With post-Covid recovery threatened by the war in Eastern Europe, accelerating the implementation of Africa’s free trade area could provide much-needed impetus. With a growth rate of 4.5% in 2021, sub-Saharan Africa’s economy was starting…

Mayor’s Private Sector Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYjwT8ErH3U

CHOGM 2022: What’s at stake for Africa?

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After being twice postponed due to the pandemic, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will take place in Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, from 20-26 June. CHOGM is usually held every two years and brings together the 54 countries…

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የከተሞች እድገት ከከተማ መሪዎች፣ ባለሃብቶች ብሎም የከተሞች ነፀብራቅ ከሆነው ነዋሪ የሚቀዳ ነው ሲሉ የከተማና መሰረተ-ልማት ሚኒስትር ጫልቱ ሳኒ…