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Government is grappling to keep the local insatiable appetite for imported products in check, with official statistics for July – the period when Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 ...

Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s Summit on “Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants” on September 19, 2016 and the Leaders’ Summit on September 20, 2016, the World Bank ...

At least 1,000 delegates, including heads of government, representatives of multilateral organisations and members of the private sector, today convene in Kigali for the Global Afr...

Tanzania has said that its decision on whether to sign a trade deal with the European Union will be known after Monday’s EAC Council of Ministers meeting in Arusha, as Burundi ...

New OECD-World Bank-ITC report proposes measures to enhance developing country and SME integration into international production networks Better policies, targeted capacity buildi...

Industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change. Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competiti...

The selection: Friday, 2 September 2016 tralac’s latest weekly newsletter is posted: download here Rwanda signs deal to back Kenya’s quest for free EU market entry (Business ...

Kenya yesterday intensified its fight to retain free access to the European market after it rallied Rwanda to sign a trade pact with Europe that its East African Community (EAC) pa...

Uganda has reversed its decision to delay the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde said the governmen...

Malawi together with other major sugar exporters in the SADC region got a good deal for their industries with Tanzania committing to allow sugar imports from the region at preferen...

Ocean economy is a new frontier of economic growth and financial assistance and technical support as well as realistic programmes and concrete actions are necessary for the devel...

On 1 September 2016, Wesgro, with the Kenyan High Commission, co-hosted the second Kenyan trade and investment summit, in Cape Town, South Africa. The summit will provide stakehol...

Kenya aims to expand its multi-billion horticulture export market during the upcoming international plant health conference set for Nairobi next month, the first of its kind in A...

The selection: Thursday, 1 September 2016 36th SADC Summit Communiqué: Summit also took stock of the status of signature, ratification and accession to SADC Protocol noting that...

The closing ceremony of the 36th Ordinary meeting of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at Lozitha, Royal...

Trade surplus shrinks as exports fall South Africa’s trade surplus shrank in July as the exports of precious metals and stones, which include gold and diamonds, declined. The s...

Access to reliable and accurate information is essential to achieving regional integration and sustainable development in southern Africa. The Executive Secretary of the Southern ...

In 2015, countries across the globe signed on to the Sustainable Development Goals of ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring shared prosperity through a new sustainabl...

The Free Trade Agreement between Australia and China (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”) is Australia’s 11th free trade agreement and China’s 14th free trade agree...

Uganda offers refugees a home away from home Five years ago, Moses*, 39, fled with his family to Uganda to escape ethnic violence in his home area of North Kivu, in the eastern re...