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The proposal of India and South Africa on providing temporary patent waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic has achieved tremendous mileage and progression as the WTO member countries have agreed to commence text-based negotiations on it.  Text-based negotiations are the way forward and it means that the members […]

AfCFTA – African Continental Free Trade Area was launched at the Ghana Embassy in New Delhi.  Beginning the biggest free trade agreement in the World since the World Trade Organization was created in the 1990s. It was created with a mission to increase intra-African trade by 52.3 percent. The Indian office of AfCFTA is all

Dr. S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Government of India,  said “India attaches the utmost priority to its relationship with Africa.” on Inaugural Session 16th CII EXIM Bank Digital Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership being organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Ministry of External Affairs. The Minister of External Affairs says 4

In Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai for building up business relations between both the countries of India and the African Region.   Inaugurated by the Additional Secretary (Africa) Ambassador Nagma Mallick (IFS) Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and the Ambassador of

The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact all over the world. Countries like Africa have been affected deeply due to poor infrastructure facilities. While Africa was one of the last regions to be hit by the virus, and with deaths over 35,000, it has reported lower case numbers than Asia and even Europe in terms of containing the

The partnership of Africa and India has a  long history, going back to the early 1920s when both regions were fighting against colonial rule and oppression.  In 1964, India launched the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program to provide technical assistance through human resource development to other developing countries, with African countries the greatest

Neuberg Diagnostics is a major diagnostic center that is all set to expand its overseas presence.  The three-and-half-year-old Neuberg Diagnostics grew its network through acquisitions-Anand Diagnostic Laboratory (Bangalore), Supratech Micropath (Ahmedabad), Ehrlich Laboratory (Chennai), Global Labs (South Africa), and Minerva Diagnostics (Dubai)- to be in the top four diagnostic labs in the country.            An investment

On 14- 15 Sept 2021, CII in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs organized the first edition of the India – Africa Agriculture & Food Processing Summit. South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique are the focus countries.  The main aim of this submits strengthen India-Africa cooperation

February 22, India signed its first free trade agreement (FTA) with Mauritius, its first such agreement with an African nation. Known as the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA), the historic pact will strengthen regional commercial ties. The trade pact is India’s first such agreement since 2011, and it will be providing  a timely

On January 22, 2021, the India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated by Dr. Tizita Mulugeta Yimam, Ambassador of Ethiopia in India, and Nagma Mallick, this will boost India-Africa business and trade relations. The African continent has a varied and largely untapped scope for multilateral business opportunities due to its abundance of natural resources, such as