Making the AfCFTA work for African small businesses
Stories & Blogs ITCOct 10, 2024(News )Deputy Executive Director Dorothy Tembo delivered her remarks at the high-level opening of Biashara Afrika – the second edition of the AfCFTA Business Forum.
Identifying impediments that hinder Ghana’s efforts to boost trade.
Stories & Blogs ITCJul 11, 2024(Update )National survey-based report finds Ghana’s traders struggle with invisible hurdles.
Sierra Leone officials visit Ghana for insights into African Continental Free Trade Area.
Stories & Blogs ITCJul 05, 2024(Update )A team from Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) visited Ghana for insights on how to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Turning cotton to clothes could create 500,000 jobs in West Africa
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 11, 2024(Update )West Africa’s five biggest producers mostly export raw cotton that’s processed elsewhere. A new study shows that by building local industry to turn cotton into cloth and clothing, the countries could create 500,000 jobs.
The Startup Act takes shape in Côte d’Ivoire
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 05, 2024(Update )Adopted in November 2023, the Startup Act continues to roll out in Côte d’Ivoire. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitization organized a roundtable on implementing the Act.
How can African countries improve their credit ratings?
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 21, 2023(Article )It is essential to raise additional finance if Africa’s SDGs are to keep on track. Jean-Marc Kilolo outlines how the UN Economic Commission for Africa is helping countries improve their credit ratings and search out innovative ways of financing.
Africa struggles to finance Sustainable Development Goals
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 21, 2023(Article )Poorer countries are facing a potentially disastrous cash crunch as aid and capital flows dry up. But innovative financing models can, with international support, bridge the gap. Report by Neil Ford.
AfCFTA to increase demand for transport by 50%
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 21, 2023(Article )The transport sector is forecast to be one of the big winners from implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Busani Bafana highlights the findings of a report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
Africa can overcome its challenges, says AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 20, 2023(Article )Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas (pictured above), the African Union’s High Representative for Silencing the Guns, talks candidly about the current political and economic status quo of Africa, the decline of democracy, the marginalisation of populations and why ins
ITC, African Union Commission partner to make African small business voice heard.
Stories & Blogs ITCSep 13, 2023(News )The African Union Commission (AUC) and The International Trade Centre (ITC), a United Nations Agency, unite to advance the priorities of African micro, small, and medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) at the 2nd annual African Union MSME Forum.