Last year Namibia signed the trillion-dollar AfCFTA agreement, which requires members to remove tariffs from 90 percent of goods to allow free access to…
Month: February 2019
Namibia encouraged to ratify AfCFTA - Truth, for its own sake.
Last year, Namibia finally signed the trillion-dollar AfCFTA, which requires members to remove tariffs from 90 percent of goods to allow free access to commodities,…
Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam battles Egypt, Sudan on the Nile
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done. February 25, 2019 4.50am EST. Shimelis Dessu…
Ethiopia: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Is the New
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt…
Ethiopia’s Abiy signs deals to get things moving
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is just one of the energy projects producing deals for Chinese companies in a government spending spree.
Ethiopia brings in Chinese firms to complete Nile dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was originally expected to be completed in 2017 but design changes and a string of administrative problem have held…
New AU trade observatory to support implementation of AfCFTA
If the AU Trade Observatory could be integral to helping the continent in making the right trade decisions, then the AfCFTA agreement will easily boost intra-African…
Chinese firms brought in to “pick up pace” on Ethiopia's Nile dam - News
Power (EEP) has hired China Gezhouba Group to execute the pre-commissioning activities of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), for $40.1m.
Tanzania On Right Course to Ascertain Afcfta Approval
To date, 49 out of the 55 African Union (AU) member states, including Tanzania, have signed a Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose main objectives…
Say AfCFTA: The Best Acronym Since YOLO
AfCFTA creates a single set of rules for trade and investment, essentially creating one play-book boosting African Unity, Business, Employment and Development.
Africa: Zim Not Yet Ready for Full Afcfta
The call comes at a time when members of the Africa Union (AU) are intensifying efforts for the realisation of the AfCFTA. Once established, the AfCFTA will bring…
The AfCFTA is now 3 countries shy of implementation as Zambia signs agreement
Zambia is the 19th country to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). President Edgar Chagwa Lungu signed it yesterday in the presence…
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Agree on Overcoming Obstacles in Renaissance Dam Negotiations
the talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egyptian presidential spokesman Bassam Radi said that Sisi stressed the importance of adopting…
AfCFTA, conflict and migration in focus as AU prepares for summit
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement likely will come into force in the coming weeks, he said.”I hope that the six countries that have not…
Full implementation of AfCFTA expects to increase trade
Mr Tei Konzi, Commissioner in-charge of Trade and Free Movement at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has said it is expected that…
EDITORIAL: AfCFTA: 18 down 4 to go, the dream is finally
AfCFTA: 18 down 4 to go, the dream is finally becoming a reality- Even though 44 countries signed the agreement, it only needs 22 ratifications to…
Ethiopia aproves AfCFTA as AU eyes Feb. 2019
Ethiopia is the latest country to approve the African Union’s Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA pact after the cabinet passed the deal on Saturday, the…