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La Corniche OSBP (Rwanda/DRC) finally operational

Martedì 03 Dicembre 2019 13:29

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The Rwanda-DR Congo border post of La Corniche, popularly known as Grande Barrière, on Sunday 1^th December officially started operating as a One Stop Border Post (OSBP).

Turning frontiers into "smart" borders

Lunedì 02 Dicembre 2019 18:15

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Each year, during the International Customs Day, the WCO Secretariat dedicates a theme that is pertinent to the challenges facing the global Customs community. The slogan chosen for 2019 is “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport”, which encourages Customs to reengineer their business processes (mainly by applying new technologies), so to work “smartly” to ensure a swift and smooth cross-border movement of goods, people and means of transport through international borders.

Will the AfCFTA implementation be pragmatically supported by African countries?

Domenica 01 Dicembre 2019 10:03

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An article published on the OECD blog argues that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will substantially promote the growth of regional trade in Africa, rejecting the criticism of those who are skeptical to the implementation of such project. However, it is also known that in Africa nationalist policies still prevail on community (or regional) interests.

Burundi becomes the 7th country to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement

Sabato 30 Novembre 2019 13:24

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On 10 June, 2015, three of the 8 African Union officialy-recognised Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa, namely: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), after 5 years of negotiations, signed an Agreement for establishing a common (Tripartite) Free Trade Area (TFTA).

African business women connected through an on-line platform

Martedì 26 Novembre 2019 16:17

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COMESA, EAC and ECOWAS, in partnership with the African Development Bank, have launched an on-line platform aiming to connect 50 million business women across the African continent.