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Africa Should Use AfCFTA as Template for Trade Negotiations with Rest of the World-Osinbajo

*Adds: Nigerian Economic Society should be more involved in public policy debates * VP understands economic development – NES September 11, 2020/OVP Nigeria As African countries brace up for the effective implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, one of the many ways by which the continent […]

Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee challenges WTO to hear Africa’s voice

Agriculture subsidies and non-tariff barriers highlighted as a specific hindrance to development September 11, 2020/PAFTRAC Communiqué sets out a road map for WTO reform; Communiqué calls for development to be at the centre of WTO reform; Agriculture subsidies and non-tariff barriers highlighted as a specific hindrance to development. Following a […]

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth President of the African Development Bank, sworn in for second term

Adesina – “Let us move forward, driven by the power of our mission, inspired by the primacy of our vision and emboldened by the strength of our togetherness” September 2, 2020/AfDB “Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank across the deep blue skies […]