African thought leaders discuss EU-Africa trade
Ahead of the EU-African Union Summit scheduled for 17-18 February 2022, African thought leaders stressed the importance of trade agreements
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Geneva, Barbados set to host UN trade conference
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will open the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15)
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Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high
Trade in goods during the first quarter of 2021 was higher than the pre-pandemic level, but trade in services remained
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UN meeting to focus on resilient recovery from the COVID-19
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to bring together experts to explore how science, technology
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Africa common market needs public private partnership to succeed
The success of African Continental Free Trade Area, which goes operational on Friday January 1, 2021, depends on the strong
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UN stresses need to improve poor countries’ productive capacities
Efforts to rebuild the economies of the world’s poorest nations postpandemic will fall significantly short unless their productive capacities are
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Global e-commerce sales surges to $29 trillion
Global e-commerce sales grew 13% in 2017, hitting an estimated $29 trillion, according to the latest numbers released today by
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Ethiopia launches online investment guide
Ethiopia’s online investment guide, iGuide, which seeks to help investors discover opportunities in the country, was officially unveiled in Addis
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Mauritius tops Africa online shopping readiness ranking
Mauritius has been ranked the most prepared country in Africa for shopping online, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index
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UN report examines entrepreneurship
From Zambia to Afghanistan, governments in the world’s most disadvantaged countries must prioritize dynamic enterprises and enact policies to help
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Cooperation key in the face of globalization backlash
The international political climate may be turning against globalization and threatening economic growth, but there is still a chance to
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Global foreign direct investment fell by 41% in 2018
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 41% in the first half of 2018, to an estimated $470 billion from
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Geneva to host new investment-for-development initiatives
More than 5,000 participants from 160 countries will meet in Geneva to thrash out major new investment-for-development initiatives at UNCTAD’s
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UN announces exceptional businesswomen award winners
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announces the finalists of the sixth Empretec Women in Business Awards.
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Alibaba, UN train African entrepreneurs
Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) brought 29 young entrepreneurs from 11 countries
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