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EU agrees trade deal with Kenya as Brussels aims to boost Africa ties
18-Jun-2023 Financial Times
The EU has agreed a trade deal with Kenya, marking an important step in Brussels’ efforts to boost economic relations with Africa.
AfDB donates Madagascar $1.5m to help join AfCFTA
18-Jun-2023 The North Africa Post
The African Development Bank has granted Madagascar $1.5 million in view of helping the African country work on its adherence to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), local media “Madagascar Tribune” reported.
ECOWAS deepens support to the private sector to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
18-Jun-2023 ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), organized a regional capacity building workshop for Master Trainers from Business Associations on AFCFTA.
The Protocol on Investment to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: What’s in it and what’s next for the Continent?
12-Jun-2023 IISD
With the Protocol on Investment (POI) to the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adopted, the next question is, ‘ What’s in it and what’s next for the Continent”?
Kenya commits to becoming Africa’s gateway to free trade
12-Jun-2023 The Star
Kenya has committed to becoming the preferred gateway to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Angola committed to AfCFTA accession process
12-Jun-2023 Namibia News Digest
Angola remains committed to the process of accession to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), ANGOP learnt on Thursday.
Kenya calls on Africa to use PAPSS to ditch US dollar in trade deals
11-Jun-2023 The North Africa Post
Kenya’s President William Ruto has called on African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency by adopting a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the continent.
Africa can only turn last page of history of colonialism with independence of Western Sahara
11-Jun-2023 Sahara Press Service
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf said Monday in Algiers that Africa could only turn the last page of the history of colonialism by allowing the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable and imprescriptible right to self-determination.
We were not consulted in AfCFTA policy formulation - TUC laments
11-Jun-2023 Modern Ghana
The Trades Union Congress, Ghana (TUC-Ghana) is unhappy about neglect in the formulation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) policy.
SEZ is a catalyst for accelerating Africa’s industrialisation agenda – speakers
8-Jun-2023 B&FT online
Speakers at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Industry (UNCTAD) workshop have indicated that Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are crucial for pushing Africa’s industrialisation agenda in the context of the AfCFTA.
UK appeals court rejects pro-Polisario lawsuit against agreement with Morocco
1-Jun-2023 Morocco World News
The London Court of Appeals rejected on Thursday the appeal request of pro-Polisario NGO WSC against the Morocco-UK Association Agreement.
Russia is in talks to establish free zone in Egypt: Putin
1-Jun-2023 Egypt Independent
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum that Russia is in talks on establishing a free zone in Egypt.
Kenya and Russia to sign trade pact, President Ruto says
1-Jun-2023 Reuters
Kenya will sign a trade pact with Russia aimed at boosting cooperation between businesses, President William Ruto’s office said on Monday, after hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Nairobi.
Zimbabwean unions demand pro-worker trade policies
22-May-2023 IndustriAll
At the industrialization policy conference in Harare, trade unions discuss whether trade and industrialization are a panacea to Zimbabwe’s economic woes. They also identified the role unions play in policy making to ensure that workers and communities benefit from trade.
Morocco, DRC sign economic partnership agreement
19-May-2023 Assahifa
An economic partnership agreement aimed at bringing together the Moroccan and Congolese business communities was signed Tuesday in Rabat between the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIS) of the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region and that of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ample room remains for Vietnamese exports to Africa
19-May-2023 Vietnam Plus
There remains an ample room for Vietnamese exports to Africa, as the country accounts for only 0.6% of the continent’s total import of 600 billion USD per year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, given opportunities brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
AfCFTA protocol on competition policy (final draft, Jan 2023)
17-May-2023
AfCFTA: protocol on intellectual property rights (final draft, Jan 2023)
17-May-2023
AfCFTA protocol on investment (final draft, Jan 2023)
17-May-2023
Would the drafters of the AfCFTA investment protocol kowtow to the interests of only investors?
17-May-2023 bilaterals.org
The recently leaked investment protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area shows the investor-state dispute resolution will be set out after the adoption of the protocol.