SAVE THE DATE Date: 28th March, 2026 14:00 – 15:30 (WAT) Location: Hilton Hotel Yaoundé Description Global trade governance is currently facing significant challenges, but the rapidly shifting global trade landscape also presents new opportunities to fundamentally redesign and reinvigorate multilateral trade cooperation, advancing efforts to deliver a fairer, low-carbon future and more sustainable future. This panel […]

SAVED THE DATE Date: 28th March, 2026 12:30-14:00 (WAT) Location: Hilton Hotel Yaoundé Description The Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs, in collaboration with the Trade Negotiations and Investment Forum, hosted a lunchtime conversation on Africa’s priorities at the nexus of trade and sustainability. Leveraging the presence of numerous stakeholders attending the WTO Fourteenth Ministerial Conference […]

SAVED THE DATE Date: 25th – 25th March, 2026 Location: Star Land Hotel, Yaoundé Description Thirty years after its establishment, the World Trade Organization (WTO) faces mounting pressures from geopolitical fragmentation, climate change, technological transformation, and persistent development asymmetries. While the multilateral trading system remains indispensable, its credibility and effectiveness increasingly depend on meaningful reform. This reality […]

The previous hosting of a WTO Ministerial Conference on African soil, MC10, was in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2015. Photo: Sopotnicki / Shutterstock SAVE THE DATE Date: Friday, 5 December 2025Time: 09:30 – 17:00 EAT (GMT +03)Location: Nairobi, KenyaFormat: Hybrid (In-person & Virtual) Description As the global trading system faces unprecedented geopolitical shifts and economic challenges, reforming the World […]

Date 12 November 2025 Time (GMT +00)12:00 13:30 Description COP30, taking place from 10-21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, will be a critical moment for advancing global climate action. This conference is expected to bring forward new and ambitious proposals designed to address persistent multilateral challenges, including cooperation mechanisms between trade and climate policy frameworks. […]