If policymakers act fast to seize the opportunities that this “ABC” triangle of events offers and reset U.K-Africa trade relations, a win-win partnership can emerge.
Month: June 2020
Moving to the finishing line and not looking back
Recently the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, H.E. Gedu Andargatchew delivered a brief about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a hydroelectric dam construction on the Blue Nile River. His audience were…
A Sticky Situation: Breaking Down the Latest Impasse Between Egypt and Ethiopia
On June 19, 2020 Egypt, citing a failure to reach an agreement, sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) accusing Ethiopia of intransigence. The second of such…
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
Ethiopians do not know the value of their water resources; they have yet to realize it. Dr. Seleshi Bekele. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia In the…
Can AfCFTA deliver on what it promises?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary-general Wamkele Mene has described the agreement as sending”a strong signal to the international…
AfCFTA will push on even if virus second-wave hits, says Wamkele Mene
The secretariat will take advice from health officials as it works to implement the deal and revive economic growth on the continent. While the agreement entered…
The AfCFTA will pave the way for a healthy post-pandemic Africa
At a high level, AfCFTA is focused on stimulating growth, creating employment and diversifying economies across the continent through the creation of a single…
The Treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia of May 15,1902
By Alazar Feleke The 1902 Treaty has often been referred to a Treaty between Ethiopia and Egypt and that this treaty addressed the use of the Nile Waters. It should…
Pandemic highlights importance of AfCFTA
Arguably, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is just the game-changer the continent needs right now. The agreement is a necessary but not…
Nile River’s Peaceful Interaction to Underground. A Lesson to Those Who Live Above Ground?
Rivers do not flow in a vacuum. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world with its headwaters on the White Nile and its major tributary the Abay (Blue Nile) originating in the Ethiopian highlands.…
Wamkele Mene: Africa is fully committed to AfCFTA despite delay to start date
The start of trading for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) originally due to commence on 1 July 2020 has been delayed due to the Covid-19…
Coronavirus: The pandemic doesn't mean AfCFTA is on lockdown
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the greatest examples of Pan-Africanism since the creation of the African Union (AU).
AfCFTA: COVID-19 is a hiccup in delay says Afreximbank's president
TAR: How much of a blow to Africa’s economies is the postponement of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)?. Oramah:…
Coronavirus: Africa needs AfCFTA to transform its economies
In good times, with Europe accounting for around 30% of African trade, there has been little appetite to upset the status quo. In times of economic unease, African…
FAO urges African leaders on AfCFTA implementation to tackle post-COVID-19 food crisis
The Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, Sunday, urged African leaders on implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, to tackle…