The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has announced its support to Chad to flesh-out African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) strategy
Economy
Central African countries prepare free trade product categorisation
Central African countries were recently urged to align their external trade data classification system, with the 2017 World Customs Organization’s Harmonised System (HS17) for identifying products which will be categorised as ‘free,’ ‘sensitive’ and ‘excluded’ within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regime
IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Mali
The Malian authorities and IMF staff reached a staff-level agreement on a new economic and financial program supported by the extended credit facility (ECF)
Germany continues support for Namibia’s economic development
Calle Schlettwein, minister of finance of the Republic of Namibia, and Christian Schlaga, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany have signed a financial cooperation agreement on interest-subsidised loans between Germany and Namibia
Corporate education set to drive Botswana’s economy
Botswana economy is moving from resources to knowledge with a common emphasis on human-machine collaborations, high skill levels and information