The AU has advertised the post of #AfCFTA Secretariat Secretary General. Applications close on or before 19 January 2020. Candidates must be ready to assume duty before 31 March. View the lengthy job specs via aucareers.org. tralac | Trade Law Centre

Wishing you happy moments this festive season!

The AFCFTA is Africa's moment of the decade!

#New Symposium - Theoretical & Methodological Approaches for the Study of IEL in Africa. Convened by Schulich School of Law's Olabisi D. Akinkugbe with excellent contributions from Clair Gammage, Ohio Omiunu, Amaka, Flora IP & veľké dievča. Posts will be linked here👇🏿👇🏿 afronomicslaw.org/symposia/

#AfCFTA: The online tool built by UNCTAD and the African Union to monitor and eliminate non-tariff barriers across the continent is now "live". Businesses and traders can now use tradebarriers.africa for free to instantly report the obstacles that slow down trade in Africa.

Delighted to share the #AfCFTA story and Africa’s move towards pooled sovereignty to increase our leverage in dealing with the rest of the world in political, economic and commercial diplomacy at today’s UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. #InvestInAfrica

The final post of our #symposium by @velked is another first hand account reflects of her on-going doctoral work and the process of choosing a #comparative #approach + what it means in the context of her work. afronomicslaw.org/2020/01/24/com… Amaka

First post of our #symposium on Reforming Private International Law in Africa (#PILA) by Dr. Chukwuma Okoli situates #PILA in historical & contemporary contexts, while acknowledging the modest growth in scholarship & the future of #PILA. afronomicslaw.org/2020/02/03/pri… Amaka

A future of promise for Africa as AfCFTA Secretary General officially takes office! AU Chair's representative invited the inaugural SG to dream big for Africa, and compared the task ahead to the task borne by Peter Sutherland when he became the WTO's 1st Director General.

Check out our #new post by Bereket A. Hagos (@Bereketalmyhu) on "The Significance of the Eccentricity of the Draft Pan-African Investment Code" for your light weekend reading. afronomicslaw.org/2020/03/27/the… Amaka

#East Africa has been impacted by #COVID19. Cross border trade has especially declined. To discuss mitigation & trade strategies @TradeMarkEA has assembled an illustrious panel for a conversation on Monday April 6th 2020 2.30PM-4.00PM East Africa Time #EATradePostCOVID19

Our readers may be interested in the @AJIL_Unbound Call for Papers 👇🏿. AJIL Worldwide CfP: “The International Legal Order and the Global Pandemic” afronomicslaw.org/2020/04/17/aji…

Earlier this year, the European Commission released the new Africa-EU strategy. Is a EU-Africa trade partnership a realistic next objective? The 🇪🇺Commissioner for Trade @PhilHoganEU shared his thoughts in our latest Great Insights Magazine. Read it here bit.ly/3bfTtdX

COMESA has handed over the chair of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Task Force to @SADC. COMESA SG Chileshe Kapwepwe handed over yesterday after steering the group since Nov 2017. SADC ES Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax will now lead the group in implementing its work programme East African Community African Union

Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 24 May 1963 has since become a classic, even iconic and still relevant Today. Here’s Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa. #AfricaDay ghanaianmuseum.com/kwame-nkrumah-…

Staffing of the #AfCFTASecretariat is underway! AU posts 4 director level positions: Trade in goods and competition services; Investment and intellectual property rights; Administration and human resources; Finance. The specs: aucareers.org tralac | Trade Law Centre

Deputy Registrar, Monopolies and Cartels Arusha, Tanzania (Relevant advanced degree; 10 years’ relevant post-qualifying experience in competition matters, with 5 at managerial level; EAC citizen) Deadline: August 21 bit.ly/3eHSPa1

Deputy Registrar (Mergers and Acquisitions) Arusha, Tanzania (Relevant advanced degree; 10 years’ relevant post-qualifying experience in competition matters with 5 at managerial level; EAC citizen) Deadline: August 21 bit.ly/2WD6tFa

Have you read our article on: Keeping Faith with Pan-African Integration?👇👇👇 africainternationaltrade.com/keeping-faith-… . Sand Mba Fernando dos Santos @AfCfta @BizFacilitation Africa Business Link CIPE Africa African Institute of Regional Integration Studies @IThePple ECA | African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) International Trade & Research Center