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The selection: Friday, 2 December 2016 Germany’s G20 Presidency began yesterday: the Africa focus. A Tony Elumelu commentary: Germany’s new ‘Marshall Plan’ must treat Afri...

Extracts from the presentation made by Mr. Prudence Sebahizi, Chief Technical advisor on the CFTA and Head of the CFTA Negotiations Support Unit, during the Africa Trade Forum at A...

The Africa Trade Forum ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with Economic Commission for Africa’s Coordinator, David Luke, of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) urging participants...

Based on an inclusive consultation that concluded in Kenya at the Global Partnership’s Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2), the Nairobi Outcome Document was released on 1 ...

“There are so many processes, so much documentation. A centralized place of clearance could solve anything.” These are the words of Sharon Kimanini, head of logistics for a K...

Economies in the southern Africa region face thorny challenges when it comes to the transformation of their economies, job creation, and the need to share the benefits of growth.&n...

SA’s trade account swings to ­a deficit South Africa’s trade account swung to a deficit in October, but the shortfall was lower than forecast as exports performed better t...

The CSO communiqué is the culmination of the joint effort of civil society organisations from around the world at the Nairobi Civil Society Forum. Speaking many languages but with...

Civil society organisations attending the second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Corporation in Nairobi Thursday have raised the red f...

Final report of the Africa Trade Week side event by ‘CUTS’ held on the 30th November 2016 Introduction African leaders launched negotiations to create a Continental Free Trad...

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just released its 2016 Report on the World Social Situation, which includes important new findings about persisting...

Rwanda has been lauded for its efforts to promote cross-border trade, which is viewed as a vehicle for economic growth and poverty eradication among developing countries. This was...

President Paul Kagame, yesterday, attended the 8th Extraordinary Session of the Heads of State of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in Libreville, Gabon. Th...

President Uhuru Kenyatta is challenging the East African Legislative Assembly to concert its efforts in ensuring the integration process is not only on course, but geared towards m...

Brexit does not mean that the British government will turn its back on Africa, Lord Paul Boateng, a Member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords said Monday. Speaking at the fi...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies has emphasised the importance of export diversification and industrialisation in Africa. He was speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ...

South Africa can be reasonably confident that by the end of 2019, at the latest, the UK will not legally be part of the European Union (EU), nor a signatory to the EU’s myriad tr...

Tax revenues collected in advanced economies have continued to increase from last year’s all-time high, with taxes on labour and consumption representing an increasing share of t...

In a speech to the OECD’s Global Strategy Group on 28 November, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo stressed the importance of making the case for trade amid a rise in anti-globali...

On November 16, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a staff paper on “Financing for Development: Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for D...