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Amid a sluggish world economy, emerging countries voiced expectation that the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) summit could deliver some changes and help boost growth. The summit, with ...

Kenya lags behind sub-Saharan Africa in poverty reduction, as uneven wealth distribution widens the rich-poor gap. This is despite Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP) expan...

The selection: Monday, 22 August 2016 Today, in Arusha the East African Legislative Assembly resumes; in eZulwini the launch of the SADC Regional Water Strategic Action Plan Brex...

Southern African leaders are expected to discuss measures to mobilise resources for developing energy infrastructure as a key enabler for the region’s industrialisation thrust as...

Kenya has left the fate of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union in the hands of the EAC heads of state, whose meeting was rescheduled to next ...

Countries in the South African Development Community (Sadc) region need to come together to bargain for better inter- and intra-Africa trade, said minister in the presidency for pl...

The 10 years of hauling cargo from Mombasa port to Kigali have made Pascal Rubimbura an unusually cautious long distance trucker. Over the period, the Rwandan driver has come to...

Global Trade Slowdown, Brexit and SDGs: Issues and Way Forward The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the int...

International Plant Protection Convention grapples with challenges of globalized trade Oil spills garner much public attention and anguish, but “biological spills” represent a...

The East African Community (EAC) needs a strong and uniform regulatory framework that promote financial inclusion to ensure sustainable growth in the region, experts say. Prof Lem...

Following the SADC Civil Society Forum that was held from the 14th-17th August 2016 at the Royal Swazi Spa Convention Center, the SADC Council of NGOs, Fellowship of Christian Coun...

The selection: Friday, 19 August 2016 Featured tweet, by the EIU’s @RobertAlanWard: Africa export revenue to China falls off from 2015 as commodity prices wilt, trade imbalance ...

Nearly 40 heads of State are expected in Nairobi next weekend as Kenya becomes the first African state to host the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICA...

The emergence of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) concept in recent times has seen more Parliaments from developing countries playing a more active role in the budgeting proce...

IOM’s regional office for Southern Africa this week hosted a three-day Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) conference in Gaborone, Botswana. The conference, which sta...

The Preferential Trade Agreement between Mauritius and Pakistan (hereinafter “the Agreement”), is the fifth RTA notified by Mauritius to the WTO and the ninth RTA notified by P...

The East African Business Council (EABC) is considering ways to curtail counterfeits and other forms of illicit trade through inter-agency cooperation at national and regional leve...

A consortium of civil society organisations has launched a project aimed at contributing to the equitable, effective and responsible allocation and use of public resources for ...

The selection: Thursday, 18 August 2016 Marek Hanusch: ‘What would have happened if South Africa had lost its investment grade credit rating?’ (World Bank) To this end, a tea...

The countries of the Southern African Customs Union have relatively diverse demographic and economic starting points. These economies have the potential to realize demographic divi...