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.
3rd Edition of the NTA Africa Conference: Focus on Demographic Dividend, Generational Economics and Sustainable Development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA), in partnership with the NTA Africa Network via its Secretariat, the Regional Consortium for Research in Generational Economy (CREG), the Population
Improving statistics on gender and trade in developing countries
Stories & Blogs UNCTADAug 30, 2023(News )UNCTAD has published new guidelines to collect data to help policymakers tackle gender inequalities in trade.
Young entrepreneurs set to lead the African Free Trade Area
Stories & Blogs IFCAug 23, 2023(News )Under the theme “Igniting the Future for Youth in Trade”, the workshop equipped over 50 youth entrepreneurs with the skills and tools to successfully participate in intra-Africa trade.
Africa's rise as a global supply chain force: UNCTAD report
Stories & Blogs UNCTADAug 16, 2023(News )With abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply chains.
Harmonised methods for informal cross border trade data collection critical in monitoring intra-African Trade
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 28, 2023(Story )There are no agreed methods to accurately measure cross border trade, experts said at the first physical meeting of the ...
DG Okonjo-Iweala: Trade finance is lifeblood for African small businesses
Stories & Blogs WTOMar 22, 2023(News )Dismantling financing barriers for small traders in Africa to increase their participation in global trade.