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Trade misinvoicing undermines the impact of international trade in developing nations A new analysis of illicit financial flows (IFFs) due to trade misinvoicing in 148 developing ...

The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released on 29 January 2019 by Transparency International, reveals that the continued failure of most countries to significantly contro...

Diarise: Joint SADC-EU Council meeting (19 February, Cape Town) An update on the 2019 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development (20-26 March,...

Of the State Visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa to India, 25 January 2019 At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the President of the Republic of South Africa...

President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his media remarks on 25 January 2019 following his first State Visit to India as President of the Republic of South Africa, said that fruitfu...

A new study shows that poor and vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, suffer the most. Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products c...

Events listing, Part II Profiled trade and development event listings: events happening outside of Africa ITC and Commonwealth Secretariat: Women in the digital economy and inter...

Kenya hopes to marshal support for its ambitious plan to trade with Europe during the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit scheduled for February 1, in Arusha, after ...

Europe and Africa are each other’s closest neighbours. What happens in Africa matters in Europe, and vice versa. As equal partners with mutual interests, the two sides are worki...

Message from World Customs Organisation (WCO) Secretary-General Kunio Mikuriya, 25 January 2019 Traditionally, to mark International Customs Day (ICD) each year, the WCO Secretari...

Events listing, Part I Profiled African trade and development events, starting Monday, for your events calendar: TFTA Technical Committee on Legal Affairs (28-29 January, Nairobi...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos today, 76 countries – the European Union and 47 other members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – decided to start negotiations to put ...

AfCFTA ratification update, Ambassador Albert Muchanga: Good news! The threshold is within grasp! Parliament of Senegal approved ratification of AfCFTA Agreement yesterday. Se...

If Africa’s leaders do not act quickly to move the continent into the 21st century, young people will leave them behind, South Africa’s President Cyril M. Ramaphosa said today ...

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame delivered remarks at a discussion with African Heads of State on Shaping Africa’s Agenda in the Global Context as part of the 2019 World Economic Foru...

The prioritization of development constraints in Africa is propelling the private sector among the key sectors that can pull both growth and political will by balancing the power r...

Talking African economy at Davos: The AfCFTA and a unified market (Africa Times) When it comes to a unified African market, Bernard Gautier, deputy CEO of French investment firm W...

When it comes to a unified African market – the topic of Tuesday’s panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos – Bernard Gautier, deputy CEO of French investment fi...

The World Economic Forum 2019 began today in Davos: an easy guide Today’s profiled WEF session: Achieving a single market in Africa Africa needs to create 18 million jobs ...

Reforming tertiary education in South Africa could reduce inequality of opportunity, boost growth Enhancing South Africa’s socio-economic inclusion through increasing equitable ...