Trade & Development

Boosting Global Trade: WCO & WTO Join Forces

Boosting Global Trade: WCO & WTO Join Forces 🌍📦 The World Customs Organization – Organisation Mondiale des Douanes and World Trade Organization – WTO have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration on Customs and trade matters. Signed by WCO Secretary General Ian Saunders and WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on 21 January […]

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Helping to create a single integrated market across Africa is in the west’s interests

Helping to create a single integrated market across Africa is in the west’s interests A lack of jobs and opportunity at home is driving the flow of migrants from the continent The writer is secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Misinformation may have sparked the UK’s anti-immigration riots, but anxieties over illegal immigration

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Join Our SME Seminar on Global Trade Dynamics and Market Entry Strategies

Join Our SME Seminar on Global Trade Dynamics and Market Entry Strategies Are you an SME looking to expand your business beyond borders? Don’t miss out on this invaluable opportunity to gain insights and strategies to conquer global markets! 📅 Date: Saturday, 17th August 2024 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM GMT 💻 Location: Online (Zoom) Theme:

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Executive Certificate in Export and Import (EXIM)

The Executive Certificate in Export and Import (EXIM) is a specialized training program designed to provide entrepreneurs, business professionals, and individuals involved in international trade with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to excel in the export and import industry. Why this course? In today’s increasingly interconnected world, African startups and SMEs face significant challenges

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Reviving Ghana’s Fresh Chili Pepper Export Industry: Commercial Chili Production by GIRSAL and Partners

GIRSAL, USAID Ghana Trade and Investment Activity, VegPro Kenya, and other partners have initiated a pilot project to grow and export chili pepper using net house technology to meet the phytosanitary requirements of the EU market. This move is part of GIRSAL’s 5-year strategic plan to support export-related value chains such as vegetables, avocado, mango,

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Africa’s trade relations: Old friends, good friends and new friends

African countries’ trading relationships have been changing in recent years. Trade with their traditional trading partners, the European Union and the United States (their ‘old’ friends) is declining. Trade with ‘new’ friends, such as China and India, is growing. For South Africa in particular, the rest of Africa has become a very important export destination.

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The Synergy between United Nations SDGs and the AFCFTA Agenda: Advancing Sustainable Development and Global Cooperation

The global community faces immense challenges, from eradicating poverty and hunger to promoting economic growth and combating climate change. To address these pressing issues, the United Nations (UN) introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Simultaneously, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) with the aim of fostering regional integration

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Gabon, Sierra Leone Accede to Establishment Agreement of Afreximbank’s Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA)

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development impact-focused subsidiary of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced the accession of the Gabonese Republic and the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Fund through their recent respective signing of the FEDA Establishment Agreement. FEDA described the accession by the two countries as a significant

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