News – Johannesburg, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Paris, New York, London, Addis Ababa, Tokyo 28 September 2021 Investment leaders, representing assets of more than $40 trillion, set out strategic priority areas and initiatives to consider in the run up to, and during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 27) to take
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Africa investor briefs World Trade Organisation on its African Continental Free Trade Area initiatives
During the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman of African investor (Ai) and the Chairman of the African Union Development Agency Continental Business Network (CBN), addressed the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum Session. He discussed building resilience through strengthened regional integration and African
Introduction to Blockchain for Trade: An ITC-WTO E-learning Course
A partnership between the International Trade Centre (United Nations) and the World Trade Organization to develop / deliver a freely available e-learning course on distributed ledger technology / blockchain for use cases of relevance to international trade. The course appeals to technical and non-technical audiences alike, including: trade and information technology (IT) professionals as
Regulation as a Stimulus (RaaS) initiative launched by UNDP, Africa investor (Ai) and AfCFTA Secretariat, as a post pandemic recovery plan
New York, 29 September – African governments can turn trade barriers into accelerators that build back stronger economies and accelerate intra-continental trade. At a high-level side event on the margins of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa Investor, and the United
