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The Executive Secretary for the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, officially handed over three Study reports on capacity development imperatives...

The 28th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) officially opened today at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a stro...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame yesterday presented his report on the African Union reforms at a Heads of State Retreat in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kagame presented the report titled,...

The development of well-functioning and efficient services sectors is crucial to achieving structural transformation and sustainable and inclusive growth in LDCs and LICs. Further...

Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the l...

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde, in a public lecture on 27 January 2017 in Kampala, said that Uganda needs more infrastructure investment. “Under-developed infrastructure is ...

The African Union (AU) has embarked on harmonizing regulations for the electricity market in Africa, a senior AU official has said. AU’s Commissioner for Infrastructure and Ener...

AU Summit updates: Financing of the Union: AU unveils website on implementation of the 0.2% levy on eligible imports Financing of the Union is a historic decision adopted by Head...

A trade accord that will boost global exports by $1 trillion should come into force within two weeks, the head of the World Trade Organization said on Thursday, just as the rhetori...

ITC’s practical guides can help small firms take advantage of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. Small businesses may soon become big winners. With the World Trade Organizati...

The African Union (AU) Executive Council has emphasised the need for Africa to boost investment in Africa’s youth by promoting transformative and inclusive development agendas ai...

Against a backdrop of growing international tension over trade, agriculture ministers from the G-20 coalition of major advanced and emerging economies agreed to improve the sustain...

The world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated US$265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 203...

Kenya Revenue Authority is mulling a regional customs management platform to curb tax evasion within East African countries. Commissioner General John Njiraini said work had starte...

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström came under fire from Nigeria on Tuesday, 24 January over the state of the bloc’s Economic Partnership Agreements with the developing worl...

AU Summit briefings today in Addis: Mrs Rhoda Peace Tumusiime (Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture): Strengthening mutual accountability to achieve CAADP/Malabo go...

Extracts from the Briefing prepared by Dr. Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs at the African Union Commission, during his press conference at the 2017 Afric...

A groundbreaking new report, Reviving the Western Indian Ocean Economy: Actions for a Sustainable Future, finds the ocean assets of the Western Indian Ocean region are valued ...

Chinese steel and Mexican-made cars became political dynamite last year as politicians including U.S. President Donald Trump championed anti-free trade rhetoric. Now chickens ...

AU Summit press conferences today in Addis: Mrs Fatima Haram Acyl (Commissioner for Trade and Industry): ‘The Continental Free Trade Area: an opportunity for job creation in Afri...