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Zimbabwe’s economy is expected to slow even further this year, the finance minister said on Thursday, worsening financial difficulties that have triggered a series of anti-govern...

The success of a new funding model for the African Union (AU) based on collecting taxes on imports and transferring the money to the body’s coffers will depend on whether the org...

Global downturn to cause 38 million more people to remain in extreme poverty than previously thought, jeopardizing prospects for first UN Sustainable Development Goal Robust econo...

Kenya has received a four-month reprieve to ratify the trade agreement it signed with the European Union in Brussels on August 29, providing a ray of hope for exporters&n...

On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Parliament received the final version of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as signed by the Government Republic of Kenya on 1st September 20...

Member countries would also deliberate on increasing cooperation in IPR related matters to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Non-tariff barriers, ways to promote servi...

African farmers set to benefit from major investments to increase production over next decade African farmers are set to benefit from tens of billions of dollars pledged by Africa...

The selection: Friday, 9 September 2016 The headline analysis in this week’s tralac newsletter: Flexibilities in safeguard measures - possible options for the CFTA EAC heads pu...

The World Bank Group is strengthening its partnership with China in support of African development through two major initiatives launched during the second “Investing in Africa F...

On 24 August 2016, during the inaugural SADC Industrialisation Week, held in Swaziland, over 200 private sector representatives from across the region gathered for the Second Annua...

Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) have delayed the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) for three months pending furthe...

The undersigned civil society organisations attending the Conference “The future of integration in the content of Europe-Africa trade relations – Overcoming paradoxical pattern...

As East Africa embarks on major infrastructure projects in oil and gas industry, roads and railways, arbitrators in the region are calling for the creation of a dispute resolutio...

Reforming existing arbitration forums to ensure better representation from developing countries may be a better solution to the bloc’s cooperation problems. Although the im...

Following the vote for Brexit, the UK is facing a formidable challenge: designing a new trade policy to address its new strategic interests. Considering the different and frequentl...

The selection: Thursday, 8 September 2016 Featured trade infographics: @StanChart - China’s commodity demand drove trade with Africa. Expect diversification further suppor...

The East African Community (EAC’s) solidarity came into question on Monday during the Council of Ministers meeting, when member states were accused for prioritising national in...

Stemming illicit financial flows from developing countries is one of the key issues shaping the global development agenda. Goal No. 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...

More than Sh6 trillion was pledged for investment in agriculture at the African Green Revolution Forum 2016 in Nairobi on 7 September. The pledges came after President Uhuru Kenya...

Shinzo Abe’s recent promise of $30 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years shouldn’t have come as a great surprise. Quietly, over decades,...