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Cabinet has approved that Namibia continues consultations to refine the country's position on the Southern African Customs Union revenue-sharing agreement. This was said by deputy...

Lack of information of market opportunities among traders across Africa is the biggest cause of low intra-Africa trade, the African Union said on Monday. Albert Muchanga, the Afri...

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the West African country of Senegal over the weekend, building trade ties which could bear fruit in terms of China’s access to U.S. markets.&...

Underway, in Nairobi: African Union E-Commerce Conference The main expected outputs of the conference are: (i) Roadmap for the development of an African e-commerce strategy, which...

Kenya has been granted a two-year extension – possibly the last – of the sugar safeguards by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), until February 2021. T...

South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies told participants at a Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) business meeting that partner nations should fo...

The communiqué issued at the close of the Third G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Buenos Aires this weekend shows support from the world's main econom...

Forthcoming African trade and infrastructure events:   Pre-TICAD energy sector and Africa Investment Forum seminar (2 August, Tokyo) UNCTAD's The rise of Africa's Digital Li...

Labour Resource and Research Institute of Namibia director Mike Akuupa says the government has not engaged stakeholders enough regarding the implications the African Continental Fr...

Speaking at the 66th anniversary celebrations of the National Day of Egypt, Foreign Affairs minister of Uganda, Sam Kutesa said the warm relations has led to a significant ris...

African and US officials, private sector representatives, and members of civil society organisations gathered last week in Washington for the 17th African Growth and Opportunity Ac...

A preview: SADC Industrialisation Week (30 July - 1 August, Windhoek) on the theme of Promoting infrastructure and youth empowerment for sustainable development.  Register her...

Conspicuous efforts are being made to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) into a regional parliament. One of those efforts was the recent convergence of SADC national...

THE third annual Southern African Development Community industrialisation week is expected to broaden the participation of the private sector, youth and women in the implementation...

Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of National Forum for Equity on Tuesday suggested to African leaders to consider establishing a Maritime or Transport bank as part of their acceler...

Over the last few years, breakbulk-carrying liners serving Chinese engineering, procurement and construction companies with projects in Africa have been keeping busy. The boom beg...

Underway, in Addis: IFF Working Group meeting. Operating as the technical arm of the Consortium to Stem Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, the meeting brought together 17 African...

Up to 90 per cent of international money transfers to Rwanda come through mobile wallets, a new survey indicates, highlighting the growing importance of mobile money transacti...

The African Export - Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the World Trade Centre Miami Inc ( WTCM) have signed a three - year MoU agreement to mutually share knowledge, experience and cap...

Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo on Monday lamented the low level of trade between Nigeria and other countries in Africa and expressed optimism that the Federal Government w...