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China’s presence in Africa as an investor and trading partner increased significantly from the early 2000s, as its economic rise rapidly increased the country’s demand for natu...

South Africa posts second consecutive trade surplus in June South Africa recorded a second consecutive monthly trade surplus in June as exports of vegetable products climbed, whil...

The Mauritius national Budget Speech for 2016/17 was delivered by Hon. Pravind Jugnauth, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, on 29 July 2016. Below are extracts from his ...

South African High Commissioner to Mozambique Mandisi Mpahlwa on Friday warned that if Africa was to succeed in its plans to remove import tariffs to ease trade between countries, ...

The EPA issue once again emerged when, in early July, Tanzania informed EAC member states and the European Union that it would not sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) b...

Zambia and Zimbabwe have set up National Monitoring Committees (NMC) to monitor the implementation of the COMESA Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Services, Labour and the ...

Women entrepreneurs in the East African Community (EAC) have been encouraged to play a central role in deepening of the regional integration. They have been urged to this through t...

The selection: Friday, 29 July 2016 South Africa’s June trade balance figures will be released today. The Bloomberg consensus is for a narrowing of the trade surplus to R7.2bn i...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced a three day workshop aimed at developing a Regional Services Policy, strengthen policy formulation, and identif...

Kenya overtook South Africa to become the biggest investor in other African countries in terms of the number of projects in 2015. Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in othe...

According to EY’s Africa attractiveness program 2016: Staying the course, despite a relative slow down, Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the fastest growing regions in the world...

A failure to keep up with digital advancements and invest in digital skills could hamper the UK’s ability to compete economically on the world stage, according to new research fr...

This report responds to the February 2016 request from the G20 for the IMF, OECD, United Nations and World Bank Group to: “…recommend mechanisms to help ensure effective imple...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) says it will not intervene in resolving the impasse created by an “import ban” imposed by Zimbabwe, urging member sta...

The selection: Thursday, 28 July 2016 Breaking Down Barriers: increasing competition in key sectors is critical for competitiveness  (World Bank) Boosting competition in con...

Boosting competition in consumer markets and key input sectors can help African countries grow faster and alleviate poverty, according to a report launched on 27 July 2016 by the W...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development renewed its mandate at its annual summit last week, aiming to more closely align international trade policies and standa...

On July 18, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of Tanzania’s economic performance under the program supported by the P...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders will have to speedily bring into being the long-awaited regional development fund, or the body could flounder should anything ...

Britain’s economy may bear the brunt of the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but another part of the world – Africa – is set to be an unexpected ...