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The selection: Thursday, 3 November 2016 This week’s tralac newsletter is posted: the lead commentary is by Gerhard Erasmus ‘How to forge a better SACU? Not by following the n...

The African Union Assembly decided in 2012 during its 18th Ordinary Session to boost intra-African trade and to fast track the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). This CFTA is expe...

Is it possible to make electricity more affordable for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa who need it most, and have the region’s cash-strapped power providers be profitabl...

Speech by Helen Clark at the Opening Session of the UNDP Africa Cluster Meeting, 2 November 2016 Welcome to the 2016 cluster meeting of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa. Our th...

The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda) including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supporting targets and the Addis Ababa Action A...

Five southern African countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland – have opened a new chapter in their bilateral relations with the European Union (EU) f...

The selection: Wednesday, 2 November 2016 Updated macro poverty outlook for selected sub-Saharan African countries (pdf, World Bank): Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swa...

The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, the European Union (EU), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) jointly organized a high-level conference entitled “Regional Inte...

African governments have been urged to harmonise regulatory and legal frameworks to attract more investors into the continent’s energy sector. Kipyego Cheluget, the Common Marke...

Artisanal and small-scale mining offers opportunities to generate jobs, reduce poverty, and provide livelihoods, but this sector has been largely ignored by policy-makers and donor...

The Macro Poverty Outlook is jointly produced by the Poverty & Equity and Macroeconomics & Fiscal Management Global Practices of the World Bank. This semi-annual report, wh...

Greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development that is essential for achieving the Sustainable De...

The East African Business Council (EABC’s) 1st East African Business and Entrepreneurship Conference and Exhibition was successfully held from 10th to 13th of October, 2016 at Sa...

The selection: Tuesday, 1 November 2016 Abdalla Hamdok has been appointed the Acting Executive Secretary of the UNECA African industrial policy: three profiled workshops UNCTAD:...

Trade balance swings to unexpected surplus South Africa’s trade balance swung to an unexpected surplus in September, signifying a recovery in commodity exporting countries in li...

The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko, took over the Chairmanship of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Task Force (TTF) on 31 October 2016 f...

Côte d’Ivoire has joined the Partnership on Illicit Finance. The announcement was delivered by Fiacre Adopo, Adviser to the Minister of Budget, who represented the Ivorian Gover...

East African Community Partner States have been challenged to benchmark themselves with the world’s most advanced economies if they are to grow their economies. Hon. Amanya Mush...

Namibia’s Minister of Industrialization, Trade and Small Medium Enterprise Development, Immanuel Ngatjizeko tabled the Namibia Industrial Development Agency Bill in the National ...

Kasumbalesa one-stop border post is located about 18 kilometres north-east of the Chililabombwe central business district and is mostly a congested place, thanks to the huge volume...