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In recent times, exporters, importers and manufacturers have decried the high cost of doing businesses at Ghana’s ports and borders. The delays and its attendant cost have placed...

Chinese advisers play leading part in push for new relationships About 500 think tank experts, politicians and representatives of international organizations from 25 countries wor...

COMESA is assisting its member States to strengthen the analytical capacity of their Financial Intelligence Units through capacity building initiatives and provision of hardware an...

The selection: Monday, 8 August 2016 Today, in Nairobi: President Kenyatta will host a summit of investors, government officials and donors involved in infrastructure projects. S...

Africa’s economic prospects in the face of declining commodity prices largely depend on its level of openness and integration with the rest of the world through trade and investm...

Taxes and fees imposed on the telecom sector are impeding the growth of mobile services in African markets, a new report notes. The levies imposed on mobile consumers and op...

Zimbabwe is to apply for a derogation from the Council of Ministers of Trade (CMT), following its failure to comply with commitments under the Southern African Development Communit...

Old friends explore new possibilities Until she travelled abroad when she started college, Zara Mwanzia had thought that chapati – the delicious bread she ate while growing up, ...

Experts call for bold and creative policies At no point in recent history have calls for Africa to industrialize been stronger than they have been lately. Across the continent, in...

Politics is directly hurting Kenyan businesses and their contribution to the economy, a survey reveals. The study notes that when economic activities are affected by what politici...

Package expands protections for people, environment in Bank-financed projects The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on 4 August 2016 approved a new Environmental and Soc...

South African Trade and Trade and Industry Rob Davies told The BRICS Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday that South Africa’s trade ties with the BRICS members we...

The selection: Friday, 5 August 2016 Featured new publication: Africa’s unexplored potential of trade in services (World Bank) Very little is known about trade in services in A...

From informal to knowledge-intensive, services offer promising opportunities for Africa’s trade diversification, growth, job creation and poverty reduction A burgeoning services...

The narrative of a ‘rising’ Africa is now widely recognised. It has replaced the discourse of ‘the hopeless continent’, which adorned the front cover of The Economist just ...

Representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Pan African Parliament met in Johannesburg to forge a new parliamentary alliance focusing on food an...

We, the members of Civil Society Organizations working on Trade, fiscal and trade related issues in the EAC, would like to present our observations and recommen-dations in respect ...

New revelations published on 25 July by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), in collaboration with more than a dozen news organizations in Africa, expo...

The origin of the products on British shelves could change as retailers adjust their supply chainsfollowing the UK’s vote to leave the EU, finds new research published by Barclay...

Below are the remarks by African Union Commissioner of Trade and Industry, H.E. Fatima Haram Acyl, at the Seminar on Business Cooperation between Chinese and African Entrepren...