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Africa’s impressive economic transformation is being driven by ambitious businessmen and women who are stepping beyond national borders and going global, said Vice President Yemi...

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AfDB makes a compelling case for Africa’s industrialization The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has made a compelling case for accelerating Africa...

Six years ago, African leaders decided to establish the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), a flagship project of the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063 aiming to fast-track the co...

Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union Commission Chairperson, has reiterated the need for financing the African Union agenda if the regional body is to become self-sustainable to guid...

President Uhuru Kenyatta on 11 January, 2018 traveled to South Africa on a three-day official visit that will see him hold talks with President Jacob Zuma to boost cooperation in a...

From demographic transition to economic transformation Rwanda’s growth slowed from mid-2016 to mid-2017, bottoming out at 3.4 percent, but is expected to recover to 5.2 percent ...

The African Union Commission in collaboration with Rwanda’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has organized a meeting of the Committee of Ten Ministers of Finance (F10) r...

During the AU-EU Summit, the Commission outlined plans for its future development policy. However, it remains open how it intends to ensure that the European Development Goals in t...

The dream of achieving low airfare in Africa may soon be realised should the African Union’s plans run full course. The bloc expects to launch its Single African Air Transport M...

Container shipping companies are bracing for a challenging year – they will have more space available for carrying goods than the amount of cargo that’s out there. Corrine Png...

Current slack in global economy expected to fade The World Bank forecasts global economic growth to edge up to 3.1 percent in 2018 after a much stronger-than-expected 2017, as the...

Mozambique is shifting to a period of slowing growth and increasing concentration. A stronger fiscal policy response and increased transparency are key for recovery, says a new Wor...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) points out three identified spillover channels through which China may influence the world economy: trade, external financing and commodity pr...

Regional value chains (RVCs) are considered as an important step towards greater integration into global value chains (GVCs), but African countries trade very little value added wi...

On December 1, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund concluded the Article IV Consultation with Benin. Benin showed mixed macroeconomic performance in 2016,...

2017 has been a particularly eventful year, with the assumption of duty of a new Commission. I have had the privilege of serving with a diverse group of individuals over the past n...

The 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July 2017, elected Rwanda to lead the Union for a period of one year, in 2018. ...

Businesses within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) could save up to $450 million in clearance documentation once the bloc adopts blockchain technology for...

The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) commits World Trade Organization (WTO) members to streamlining cross-border trade, but reforms can go further, an UNCTAD report says. New UN...