The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the African Union Commission (AUC) are holding a series of consultative meetings in Nairobi, Kenya to initiate research on the ninth edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA9)
Economy
‘The dti to drive rural and township economy’
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has announced to create a project management unit to drive the implementation of the recommendations of the inaugural two-day Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Rural and Township Economy Summit that ended in East London
Magwanishe arrives in Angola for trade and investment mission
The South African business delegation led by the deputy minister of trade and industry, Bulelani Magwanishe, has arrived in Angola for a five-day trade and investment mission
First made in Africa B2B e-commerce platform launched
Pan-Africa’s pioneer Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce platform for made in Africa products, AFRIMART, has officially taken off, offering prospects of catapulting the otherwise less exploited intra-Africa trade to higher heights of growth
Davies urges tariff exemption on South African steel and aluminium
The minister of trade and industry, Dr Rob Davies has reiterated that South Africa’s steel and aluminium does not pose any threat to the US national security, during bilateral meetings in Washington DC with the US trade representative ambassador Robert Lighthizer and the secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross, as well as senators Chris Coons and Johnny Isakson