Institute Calls For AfCTA Domestication, Positioning MSME To Reap Full Benefits
× Institute Calls For AfCTA Domestication, Positioning MSME To Reap Full Benefits By Olawale Lamina News 17 March 2021
In an effort to engage business leaders and equip them with the knowledge and insights required to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), the Institute of Export Operations and Management (IEOM) – an independent trade support institution established with the aim of boosting the drive toward a non-oil-based economy in Nigeria – hosted its first-ever business roundtable.
The event witnessed the presence of CEOs and business leaders from over 50 companies, across various economic sectors, coming together to discuss the recently operational Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement and the underlying potentials.
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The Valdai International Club recently hosted a “Whose Rules? Revisionists and Protectors in World Politics” online discussion, timed for the release of the Club’s new report “Institutional revisionism in international politics: a product of an upswing, a child of decline, or something else?”
During the event, prominent Russian and foreign experts focused on the impact of revisionist tendencies on world politics.
The current trend in international relations, associated with the growing tensions in the world, is compounded by mutual accusations of revisionism by the United States on the one hand, and Russia and China on the other. Washington has always been trying to reform existing institutions to serve its own interests. These efforts became particularly evident during the Trump presidency, when Washington withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, revised the terms of the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), criticized the
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An expert panel discussed what to expect from the Biden administration’s climate policies over the next four years.
The Forum at Imperial, with The Policy Institute at King s College London, brought together a panel of international experts to debate President Biden s climate policies, geopolitical pressures and the importance of science, technology and research for net zero.
Professor Mary Ryan, who leads Imperial s Transition to Zero Pollution initiative, chaired the panel
In front of an audience of the research community, policymakers, students, industry and the general public, Professor Tim Benton, Research Director, Emerging Risks and Director of the Energy, Environment and Resources Programme at the foreign policy think tank Chatham House, began the proceedings by stating that the US has to lead by example in being a good global citizen.
Food security and Covid-19: Recognising women’s leadership Over half the world’s farmers and food producers are women. A study will look at their experiences in the covid crisis.
Women farmers harvesting rice in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, 2015 (International Labour Organisation/Flickr) Published 8 Mar 2021 15:00 0 Comments
“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” – this recognition was a central focus of the 1996 World Food Summit. Today, Covid-19 has compromised food security across the world. There has been an 82% increase in acute food insecurity compared to pre-Covid needs. In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, food insecurity has steadily risen throughout 2020. An estimated 51.1 million people (an