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Featured trade infographics: @ecn_africa: After years of stagnation, east Africa’s clothing industry has more than doubled its exports since 2009; @CB_CII: India’s major export...

African governments need to integrate entrepreneurship more fully into their industrialisation strategies This is according to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2017, released to...

The following communiqué was adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the EAC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 20 May 2017: The East African Community Heads of State, th...

The East African Community (EAC) leaders have directed partner states’ ministers in charge of EAC affairs to resolve long-standing unresolved non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and repor...

Amid an unprecedented global trade slowdown, African policy-makers, negotiators and trade analysts will meet on 25-26 May 2017 in Mauritius to discuss priorities for reviving world...

Nigeria can build on the oil-driven economic recovery anticipated for it in 2017 by strengthening its macroeconomic policy framework and implementing the structural reforms needed ...

East African Community (EAC) partner states that are yet to sign the EU-EAC economic partnership agreement (EPA) are not in position to do so pending clarification of issues they h...

Latest tralac Newsletter: Willemien Viljoen comments on Africa’s recent agricultural trade performance Just posted: Africans moved more freely in 2016, according to second ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Africa, launched on Friday, May 19, 20...

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) convened a hearing entitled “U.S. Interests in Africa” on Thursday, 18 May 2017. Testimonies were delivered by General W...

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) officially kicked-off in Addis Ababa on 17 May with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Afri...

Triennial meeting between EU and ACP delegates discusses lessons learned from EPAs and calls for greater involvement of economic and social actors in future development policies af...

Featured infographic, @WandileSihlobo: Zambia’s 2017 maize crop is set to reach 3.6 million tonnes – a record harvest. The government has now lifted the maize export ban. Laun...

The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between East African Community (EAC) partner states and the European Union, search for a sustainable financing mechanism and assent to bill...

Shifting international policy landscape heightens uncertainty around prospects for world trade, development aid and climate targets Growth in the global economy has picked up...

As regional economic integration gathers pace in Africa, how can trade facilitation be leveraged to spur the economic growth and development necessary for its implementation? Is th...

Executive summary With its “Compact with Africa”, the German G20 Presidency intends to encourage private institutional and corporate investment, together with the African part...

tralac’s Tarik Oguz examines the latest malicious software code attack Race for supremacy: India, Japan plan alternative to counter China’s OBOR (Business Standard) Away from...

What happened? Last Friday, May 12th, 2017, a type of malicious software code (malware in short) named Wanna Cryptor found its way to affect computers around the world that are ru...

The WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests that global trade will continue to expand moderately in the second quarter of 2017. The latest reading of 102.2 is ...