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Youth unemployment, insecure land tenure and weak value chains are the main obstacles in the way of ending poverty and inequality in West and Central Africa, says a new report to b...

The association representing most US businesses operating in Africa has cancelled a conference on investing in Africa's infrastructure due to lack of interest in the planned thre...

The Government and exporters have committed to build a strong partnership in a bid to widen exports base. The pledge was made, yesterday, during the second National Exporters Conf...

The selection: Thursday, 24 November 2016 Profiled trade and development event listings: Today, in Kigali: The second National Exporters Conference on the theme Enhanced public p...

What have been the impacts of Lesotho’s participation in apparel value chains? This article explores the development potential of two different value chains – the one global, t...

Sustainable Development Goal 9 calls for a commitment to “build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.” Are regional value chain...

Regional legislators now want Partner States to speedily undertake harmonization and approximation of laws in line with those of the Community saying that delays affect the speed w...

UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has defended international trade as the best means for developing countries to create jobs and tackle inequality in an article published in ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) took a step toward increased transparency on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 with the release of AfDB data on AidFlows, a website that visualizes g...

Featured tweet, @kofiandah: ‘David Ashiagbor: Africa invests 4% of its GDP in infrastructure compared to 14% by China’ Featured GIF: The Chinese-funded railways linking East A...

On Tuesday, 22 November, the European Commission set out a strategic approach for achieving sustainable development in Europe and around the world. It also set out how it plan...

The 2015 Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa report shows that $83.4 billion was committed to Africa’s infrastructure development in 2015, a 12% increase on the 2...

The 2nd PIDA Week is being held from 21-24 November 2016 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, under the theme Creating Jobs through Regional Infrastructure Development. Organized by the N...

This edition of Deloitte’s Africa Construction Trends Report cumulates and compares data from the last four years, delivering insights on both a continental and regional level. T...

Recent empirical studies document that the level of resource misallocation in the service sector is significantly higher than in the manufacturing sector. A new IMF Working Paper q...

Significant progress has been made by an international programme Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), which was designed to enhance the ability of developing countries ...

A regional shipping agency has now focused on East and Southern African countries to make shippers buy marine insurance in their respective countries. Kenya has already set ...

The selection: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 African trade finance: African bankers urged to counter challenge of withdrawal of international banks (Afreximbank) With international b...

Over 1,500 start-ups and high-growth SMEs to be supported across the continent Boost Africa Initiative, a unique partnership in support of innovation and entrepreneurship across A...

With international banks once again withdrawing from African trade finance and with the continent’s trade finance gap estimated at more than $120 billion, African banks, have an ...