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Tag: UNCTAD
WAPPP, WAIPA poised to back Togo in luring private investment
The World Association of PPP Units & PPP Professionals (WAPPP) and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) are keen to help Togo attract ... Read More
UNCTAD contrasts Morocco’s burgeoning automotive sector with Algeria’s fiasco
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlighted Morocco’s headway in the automotive sector and its growing exports that contrast with Algeria’s car ... Read More
Africa has potential to become new global supply chain player — UNCTAD report
With its abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply ... Read More
UNCTAD: Morocco, an exemplary domestic automotive industry
The UN Conference on Trade and Development has praised the progress made by the automotive industry in Morocco, which is now positioned as a production ... Read More
U.S. report lays out Morocco’s strategy to attract more foreign investors
Morocco seeks to transform itself into a regional business hub by leveraging its geographically strategic location, political stability, and world-class infrastructure to expand as a ... Read More
COMESA report highlights key achievements and main challenges to regional integration
COMESA, or the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, has recorded a significant increase in trade both globally and within the region above the ... Read More
EU’s CBAM policy projected to hit some African countries very hard — experts
The European Union’s landmark Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will push producers to decarbonize, yet make it harder to do so, because it is a ... Read More
African companies prefer trading with non-African countries, ignoring local FTAs
African exports to other continents surpass the continent’s intercontinental trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has found, with Africans preferring import ... Read More
UNCTAD warns of social unrest amid slow economic growth in Africa
The weak growth trajectory of Africa’s three largest economies, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa, which together account for about 60% of Africa’s GDP, could exacerbate ... Read More
UN report: Africa, still too reliant on commodities exports, needs to diversify
Nearly 60% of African countries remain dependent on exports of commodities despite decades-long efforts to diversify. Therefore, a shift especially to technology and financial services, ... Read More