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The selection: Tuesday, 29 November 2016 Diarise: World Economic Forum on Africa (3-5 May 2017, Durban) Key statements from the opening session at Africa Trade Week 2016: UNCTAD...

The first ever Africa Trade Week opened in Addis Ababa on Monday with the Economic Commission for Africa’s David Luke, urging participants to come up with solutions to unanswered...

As predicted, 2016 has been an extremely challenging and tumultuous year for the agribusiness environment and farmers alike, Agbiz CEO, Dr John Purchase, said Friday, 25 November 2...

On November 28 and 29, 2016, the third and final replenishment meeting for the 14th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-14) is taking place in Luxembourg, ...

Tax compliance increases with enhanced communication, a study commissioned by the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) shows. The study, whose findings were released yesterday, was cond...

Zimbabwe launched a “bond notes” currency that held its value against the U.S. dollar on Monday, despite warnings that it could cause hyperinflation and suggestions it cou...

Global value chains are an important new reality in the world economy. But can increased GVC activity in developing countries generated by trade facilitation help promote economic,...

From 26 to 27 November, 2016, civil society organisations from Africa met under the umbrella of the Africa Trade Network in Addis Ababa, in advance of the Africa Trade Week and the...

The selection: Monday, 28 November 2016 Featured tweet, @ECA_OFFICIAL: This week at #2016ATF, the big conversation is how to turn the #CFTA into reality - David Luke Africa Trade...

The services economy and services trade is a potential key driver of economic growth and structure transformation for African countries, including in boosting manufacturing capacit...

Government Ministers, heads of delegation and national disaster management agencies from 47 African countries on 25 November 2016 agreed on a strategic plan to align disaster risk ...

As Rwanda looks to exploit the market opportunities in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) countries, a bloc it rejoined last year, getting the right qu...

The second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) comes at a critical juncture: a moment in which to review the evidence ...

Revenue collection from the East African Community (EAC) is under threat from increased fraudulent practices, commissioner-generals from the regional bloc have said. The fraudulen...

The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded yesterday in the Turkmen capital, with more than 50 countries endorsing the ‘Ashgab...

On 26 October 2016, CUTS International, Lusaka collaborated with Caritas Zambia to host a trade conference on ‘Regional integration in Africa’. The discussions focused mainly o...

The selection: Friday, 25 November 2016 Featured tweet, ‏@TradeMarkEastA: Happening now – launch of the Tanzania Freight & Logistics Platform, which is expected to increas...

Kenya has asked the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to throw out an application seeking to stop the conclusion of a free trade pact with Europe. Attorney-General Githu ...

Former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has slammed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), claiming that the US trade pact has benefited Chinese business ow...

African countries have declared their paramount interest in attaining deep economic integration at the continental scale since emancipation from colonial control dominated their po...