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The significance of an accreditation system for trade and the economy, as well as practical advice for the establishment of accreditation bodies, are the focus of a newly released ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets in September 2016 showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTK...

Some 36 countries took 53 investment policy measures between 1 May 2016 and 15 October 2016, according to UNCTAD’s latest Investment Policy Monitor. The share of liberalization, ...

Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It pres...

The prospect of the UK formulating its own trade policy following Brexit is likely to have implications for the existing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European...

The selection: Monday, 7 November 2016 For twitter updates from discussions at today’s Kenya-Botswana Business Forum: @Trade_Kenya, @AdanMohamedCS, @Kiptoock, @IndustryKE, @kncc...

The $5 billion East African pharmaceutical market is expected to grow by more than 12% per year for the next five years, as lifestyle changes in the region lead to higher rates of ...

Three days after the entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement, the Marrakesh Conference, which begins Monday, 7 November, in Morocco, will give United Nations Member S...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS’) farmers have called on African leaders to resist the pressure being put on them by the European Union to sign the Economic ...

Most African nations barely trade with their neighbors and they at most times focus on Asia, Europe and America as trade partners something that is largely responsible for the slow...

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, the country’s largest business lobby group, said the government should adopt the South African rand as its “reference currency” inst...

The WTO issued on 2 November new expanded editions of two of its annual statistical publications, Trade Profiles and World Tariff Profiles. These new editions complement the WTO’...

For his no-holds barred war on inept and corrupt government officials, Tanzanian President John Magufuli earned the moniker “Bulldozer” soon after he was elected into office ...

The selection: Friday, 4 November 2016 Featured tweet, @WTODGAZEVEDO: Pleased to confirm my willingness to serve 2nd term as WTO DG. A lot done, much more to do. My letter to WTO ...

The European Union and the Republic of South Africa concluded a Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) which came into effect on 1 January 2000. The TDCA “Trad...

Keynote speech by H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, at the CEO Forum of the World Federation of Development Finance Institutions (WFDFI) in ...

A day before the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change comes into force [4 November 2016], the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is urging the world to ‘...

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane co-chaired the Inaugural Ministerial Session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Ha...

South Africa has 18 export councils and 20% of its exports go to African countries. Since there are very few malls in Africa, the potential for e-commerce is considered to be huge....

Government has refuted accusations that it has been inconsistent with its economic policies saying all adjustments made previously were necessary as they were meant to protect the ...