$3.1bn Nigeria Customs modernisation project concession won by Huawei, Smiths Detection & Bionica
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) ratified the $3.1 billion anticipatory approval by President Muhammadu Buhari to concession the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 5, 20202 min read
Why trade matters for African development
A repository of real-time information on current trade negotiations is needed to track the rules that shape development outcomes in...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Egypt to establish electronic Single Window system to track goods for 1st time
CAIRO – 25 August 2020: Egypt will establish an electronic system for the first time to track goods until the final release stage, and to...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 31, 20203 min read
WORLD BANK - Africa Trade Pact Could Boost Income by $450 Billion, Study Finds
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2020—The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a major opportunity for countries to boost growth,...
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Jul 2, 20202 min read
African Perspectives: Digital Solutions for Trade Facilitation - TRALAC
Since 1947, states of the world have been working to liberalize international trade by reducing tariffs, under the General Agreement on...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Africa: COMESA Electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) System will fast-track movement of goods
New Comesa plan set to ease movement of goods Kenya is among 15 African States that have agreed to pilot a new project seeking to ease...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Mar 4, 20202 min read
New project seeks to ease trade across central Africa - UNCTAD & AfDB Collaboration
Great news from our friends & advisory council members at UNCTAD on the launch yesterday by Secretary General, Dr Mukhisa Kituyi of the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 27, 20201 min read
Ghana Single Window - UNI-PASS Unfazed By Negative Campaign
As Ghana moves to implement its new single window system with UNIPASS at GTDW China Trade Development Week we ask "Single Window: What Is...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Can the African Continental Free Trade Area succeed where previous initiatives have failed?
Africa heads into a historic year in which the long-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) finally becomes a reality, with...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 24, 20204 min read
South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade - No smoke without fire!
The illicit trade in tobacco, especially cigarettes, costs South Africa’s economy billions of rand annually through lost tax revenue....
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Uganda Single Window offers seamless clearance of goods
The implementation of the Uganda Electronic Single Window (UESW) system has saved traders about $85,000 (sh308.4m) annually, that was...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Michael Ding, Chairman, Quality Brands Assurance Committee China (QBPC) Joins GTDW China Keynotes
GTDW China Trade Development Week Welcomes Michael Ding, Chairman Quality Brands Assurance Committee China (QBPC) joining keynote...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Ethiopia Launches Single Window Service To Facilitate Trade
Ethiopia Launches Electronic Customs Processing Platform For Traders The Government of Ethiopia launches an electronic platform that will...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 26, 20191 min read
Diversifying Trade in Africa: New strategy approaches for the African Continental Free Trade Area
New publication by International Trade Centre, Founding Members of GTDW Advisory Council on strategic approaches for ACFTA. Africa’s...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 26, 20192 min read
ALIBABA To Help Ethiopia Set Up First eWTP (electronic world trade platform) Hub
China’s internet giant Alibaba Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopian officials to help Ethiopia launch its first...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 21, 20193 min read
Sars still not up to scratch in dealing with illicit tobacco trade
The Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa estimates that the SA fiscus is losing more than R10bn annually on unpaid excise duty The...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 15, 20192 min read
F.I.C.A. Leads Africa Pavilion & Delegation to GTDW China Trade Development Week, Shanghai 2020
'GTDW has seen a huge surge of interest in delegations and exhibitors from African countries over recent editions hosted in Shanghai,...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 14, 20193 min read
East Africa Customs Harmonisation Pushes Up Trade Over 10%
Intra-regional trade within the East African Community (EAC) bloc rose by 10.3 per cent last year, courtesy of harmonisation of...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 11, 20193 min read
Noodle maker plans busiest port in west Africa
On the east side of Lagos, the company that turned 20-cent packets of instant noodles into a staple of the Nigerian diet is building the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 11, 20193 min read
Chinese consumers spend US$22 billion in first nine hours of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day 11.11
If you have any doubts about the scale of the #China & #Asian #ecommerce sector today is a wake up call. Chinese consumers collectively...
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