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With over 25 years of experience in the global business sector, Mauritius is well positioned to make significant contribution in attracting, mobilising and channeling the necessa...

The selection: Wednesday, 21 September 2016 On Day 1 of UNGA’s annual general debate: Southern African leaders underline importance of regional efforts for sustainable developme...

More than two billion people worldwide are without bank accounts. Most are poor and only a third of adults in sub-Saharan Africa have access to any kind of basic financial services...

A shift in policy towards trade promotion could be the defining characteristic of the Obama administration’s relationship with the continent. The US-Africa Business Forum (USABF...

More than Sh101 billion ($1 billion) in debt and financing commitments from US agencies and private investors is set to be announced on Wednesday for US President Barack Obama...

Parliament unanimously endorsed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), sending yet another strong signal of Kenya’s resolve to conclude the decade-old negotiations with Europe. ...

Accelerating Trade in West Africa (ATWA) is a new initiative aiming to establish a durable, multi-donor vehicle dedicated to advancing regional integration, expanding trade an...

Promoting Financial Inclusion in West Africa: ECOWAS Regional Conference Remarks by IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa in Dakar, 20 September 2016 Good morning....

The scramble for Africa by emerging economies, and the response by traditional partners, is all to Africa’s benefit. How can Africa leverage its growing ties with the South to bo...

In their respective addresses to the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September 2016, Southern African leaders stressed the importance of regional efforts, such as within the ...

The selection: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 Launching today, in Gaborone: Botswana’s Aid for Trade Strategy - promoting private sector key to development (@AndersP_UN) In Nairobi...

The 6th Meeting of the Continental Task Force (CTF) on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), commenced on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was organized by the Department of...

With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, world leaders came together at the United Nations on 19 September 2016 to adopt the New York D...

At its July 2016 summit in Kigali, Rwanda, the AU Assembly held a special retreat to consider new proposals intended to ensure that the AU “is financed in a predictable, sustaina...

African Union two-day conference of Ministers of Finance concluded with the general consensus on the need to speedily implement the Financing of the African Union by 2017. The con...

On 19 September 2016, more than 350 chief executives, Heads of State and Government, UN and civil society leaders gathered at the United Nations for the annual UN Private...

Farms, cities and good fortune – assessing poverty reduction in Uganda from 2006 to 2013 Uganda has made big strides in reducing poverty. Much of Uganda’s progress has been du...

Last year, government launched the export growth facility fund as part of the strategy to boost exports and narrow down the widening trade deficit gap. The aim according to Franco...

ECA’s deputy executive secretary, Giovanie Biha, has handed over Ethiopia’s Tourism Master Plan to the country’s minister of tourism and culture, Mrs. Aisha Mohammed Mussa. ...

The selection: Monday, 19 September 2016 Starting today: The 6th Meeting of the Continental Task Force discusses fast-tracking the establishment of the CFTA (‏@AUTradeIndustry)...