The Internet has transformed international trade. The ability to move data across borders has been a vital part of this development and is now an intrinsic part of businesses’ daily operations. Increasingly, no firm will be able to do business, or take part in international trade, without the ability to transfer data across borders due to the importance of data in all economic sectors.
This is advanced course provide in-depth coverage of digital trade. The objective is to provide participants with practical comprehensives dimensions of digitization as it relates to international trade. It seeks to enable them to comprehend the trade in its traditional and contemporary manifestation with digitization. It considers developments on digital trade across the world and in Africa with a view to inculcating development perspectives of the digital trade subject matter. It infuses African orientation to the understanding of digital trade and covers non-traditional yet trade related aspects of digitization. It is therefore expansive with a view to ensuring that students acquire robust and comprehensive knowledge on key aspects of digital trade. It further provides perspectives on international development and zeroes in on Africa and LDCs interests with a view to building capacity of African negotiators. In this regard, participants will also be taken through elements pertaining to Digital Trade and Taxation, Digital Trade Payment systems, AfCFTA and WTO Digital Trade Provisions on Taxation, Emerging and advanced technologies, Data Governance, Business and Consumer Trust and Facilitating Digital Trade.