Trade

Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa
Trade

UNECA: Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa

Trading is a driver for mobility, employment and social cohesion, particularly in cross-border areas
KetepaLtd in Kenya  shipped a tea consignment to Ghana.
Trade

AfCFTA’s Guided Trade Initiative takes off, set to ease and boost intra-African trade

8 countries kick off trade under African Continental Free Trade Area’s preferential terms in step towards One African Market
Trade

TICAD 8: UNDP welcomes new investments in Africa as Japan announces additional measures to accelerate recovery and economic growth

A total of $30 billion in financial contributions and a new US$130 million facility were announced
UNDP
By UNDP
Trade

The AfCFTA Country Business Index

Understanding private sector involvement in the Africa’s free trade area
Farmers can better preserve their fruits and vegetables and receive prompt payments.
Trade

Boosting intra-African trade will power post-COVID-19 recovery and foster food security

International Trade Centre’s ‘One Trade Africa’ is helping African MSMEs leverage market opportunities
Zambia and DRC sign cooperation agreement to manufacture electric batteries
Trade

Trade ties: Zambia and DRC sign cooperation Agreement to manufacture electric batteries, create jobs

Both countries are home to 80 percent of minerals required for production of electric car batteries.
Trade

Connecting Africans with Africans: How effective communication can help boost intra-African Trade

We need more channels of communication to connect African businesses and organisations
Trucks loaded with goods had been waiting for weeks to cross the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana borders
Trade

Africans urged to trade more with each other

A 2021 study by the UN Economic Commission for Africa on regional integration says EU takes biggest share of African trade.
An image of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Trade

What Africa expects of the new WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

As Dr. Okonjo-Iweala takes office Africa seeks equitable COVID-19 vaccine access, support for free trade area, better market access and breaking of longstanding deadlocks.
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