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Stressing the primacy of the United Nations in forging the collective momentum needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackle climate change, Prime Minister ...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) on 22 September 2016 announced financial results for the 12-month period to 31 March 2016. Amid economic headwinds, the DBSA del...

The selection: Friday, 23 September 2016 South Africa: Status report on trade negotiations, by Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry (pdf, AgBiz) On US-SA bilateral trade...

Weak trade growth and financial distortions are exacerbating slow global economic growth, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook. The global economy is pro...

The proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community and the European Union is not ideal for the region and could stifle the infant industries if pa...

The High-Level Panel (HLP) for Women’s Economic Empowerment on 22 September 2016 presented its first findings to the UN Secretary-General at an event in New York, held in the con...

While the world has seen some progress on combatting the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, the challenge of providing the fundamental right to adequate food to all people mus...

South Africa has made significant progress to improve the financial risk management of its public debt portfolio thanks to a tailor-made model designed to analyze the costs and ris...

While the current session of the United Nations General Assembly has opened in a context marked by turmoil, Paul Biya, the President of Cameroon said on Thursday morning there are ...

Kenya has rebutted Somalia’s claim that negotiations to resolve the maritime boundary dispute between the two had been exhausted before it moved to the International Court of J...

Namibia will seek to raise about US$5 billion in loans and bonds over the next decade to help diversify and industrialise its economy with any debt sales to take place in South Afr...

The selection: Thursday, 22 September 2016 From yesterday’s US-Africa Business Forum: remarks by President Obama So we are making progress, but we’re just scratching the surf...

There have been significant changes in Africa and the global trade policy landscape in the nearly two decades since the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – the cornerston...

Structural transformation for inclusive and sustained growth Getting the world economy back on track requires that global leaders use bolder macroeconomic policies, strengthened r...

Africa’s immense economic potential, increasing integration into global markets, expanding infrastructure, and demographic boom provide a remarkable opportunity to enhance U.S. t...

Increased trade is one of the drivers of Africa’s extraordinary average annual growth rate of 5.1 percent over the past decade. Growth driven by trade and accompanied by compleme...

In June 2013, US President Barack Obama launched Power Africa with the ambitious goal of doubling access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Three years later, Power Africa is al...

Strengthening trade and financial ties between the United States and Africa New York, 21 September 2016 Well, good morning, everybody! Let me begin by thanking Mayor Bloomberg ...

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker hosted the East African Heads of State roundtable in New York City. Held alongside the United Nations General Assembly meetin...

Botswana, through the National Aid for Trade Strategy, aims at building a diversified export-led economy. Speaking at the launch of the strategy on September 20, the Acting Minist...