COMMUNIQUE – INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE ABUJA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (ACCI) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, THEME: “POWERING AFCFTA WITH SUSTAINABLE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT”

Overview The First Edition of the International Railway Conference Abuja 2022 aimed at reverberating the need important role and impact of railway development to Africa’s socio-economic development and integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area. The event organized by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce & Industry, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Transportation…

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African Transport Ministers to Attend International Railway Conference in Abuja On Tuesday

Ministers of Transport from African nations Nigeria inclusive alongside top railway firms are billed to attend an international railway conference between November 15th and 16th at the Abuja Convention and Trade Centre. The second railway conference to be hosted by the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation in partnership with the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and African…

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UNCTAD and AfCFTA Secretariat strengthen ties to boost regional integration and trade in Africa

UNCTAD and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost their joint efforts to promote regional integration and inclusive growth in Africa. The heightened partnership will enable UNCTAD to work closely with the AfCFTA Secretariat, African member states, regional economic communities, the business community and strategic development…

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AfCFTA SERIES PART III

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM (DSM) FRAMEWORK IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFCFTA) By Chidimma Onyiaorah LL.M, MCIArb EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AFCFTA DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM Implementing a dispute settlement mechanism comes with both historical underpinnings and the practicability of the mechanism but such implementation must have measurable points. These three indicators define the how effective…

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Africa Business Council Calls for Coordinated Effort, Action to Implement Continental Free Trade Area

Africa Business Council (AFBC) has called for a coordinated effort and actions that improve intra-African trade and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area. The council was established in line with AU assembly decision to boost intra-African trade and fast-tracking the establishment of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Africa Business Council President Amany…

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