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AfCFTA free trade on track, but intra-Africa’s low trade pattern is worrisome

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is on track, but more efforts are needed, experts say, as presently intra-Africa trade stands low at just 14.4% of total African exports. A low intra-continental, as well as global trade pattern by African countries, has mainly been attributed to a lack of adequate infrastructure, climate change, structural […]

Libya launches ‘Skills and Solutions’ Project to boost youth employment, entrepreneurship

Libya’s Ministry of Economy and Trade has launched on Monday, September 29, the “Entrepreneurs Skills and Solutions Project” aiming to enhance youth employment and strengthen the private sector through targeted skills development. The initiative, unveiled during a workshop in Tripoli, brought together ministry undersecretaries, representatives from chambers of commerce, international training organizations, and university innovation […]

Tunisia: sovereign credit ratings lowered

As Tunisia is at grips with a seemingly inextricable political situation, rating agencies continue to reduce its standings, in an unnecessary additional evidence that the country’s economy is not faring any better than politics.  The latest of these agencies is Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services# which lowered Tunisia’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings […]