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Foreword by Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Africa The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Japan, and th...

Opening remarks by Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, at the inaugural launch of the UNDP study on “Income inequality trends...

Profiled trade and integration events: (i) Today, in Maputo: South Africa-Mozambique Bi-national Commission. The South African government’s proposal to lead regional efforts to ...

A new UNCTAD study examines the development potential of the fishery sector in selected Least Developed Countries in Africa and Asia, providing policy recommendations to overcome c...

Today’s trade policy tweets: (i) Nigeria’s chief trade negotiator, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe,‏ @ChieduOsakwe1: Tough negotiations at the CFTA, but the gains when concluded wi...

New study maps the policy dilemmas affecting those who provide most of the fish we eat Two-thirds of the caught fish that humans eat are taken by small-scale fishers, many using c...

The Ghanaian Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, launched the 2016 Country Profile fo...

Now in its fourth year, Power Africa is laying the foundation for sustainable economic growth in Africa while creating opportunities for American businesses as it makes progress to...

Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde has asked Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Mutebile to support some government policies such as ‘Buy Uganda Build Uganda’ (BUBU). BUBU is a pol...

According to new data released by Stats SA, poverty is on the rise in South Africa. The latest “Poverty Trends in South Africa” report shows that, despite the general decline ...

Starting today, in Maputo: Mozambique hosts Tokyo International Conference on African development The meeting, which is taking place for the first time in Mozambique, has already ...

The 7th meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers under the Chinese presidency was held in Shanghai on 1-2 August 2017. The Ministers reviewed the progress made in BRICS economic, trad...

The seventh meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Trade was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 1-2 August 2017. The establishment of the BRICS e-port network, e-co...

Calls on UNCTAD to withdraw its report and acknowledge its shortcomings The Chamber of Mines is pleased to release the third and final report in a series commissioned to examine t...

African nations will have more resources at their disposal to meet the Sustainable Development Goals if their national revenue authorities can boost tax collection. The United Nati...

Mozambique will host the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) from Wednesday to Friday, an event that will be attended by foreign ministers, among other go...

Water management and development play essential roles in development, underpinning the means to lift people out of poverty and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Man...

Underway, in Durban: Third meeting of the CFTA Technical Working Groups The objective of the meeting is to continue the work that has already been undertaken since the beginning o...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says the development of infrastructure is an essential and absolutely fundamental catalyst for regional integration for increased ...

The African Union Commission is organizing the third Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Technical Working Groups (CFTA-TWGs) from 21 August to 1 September 2017 in Durban. ...