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Deepening cooperation in areas of hydrocarbons, maritime security, trade and investment, agriculture and food will be major focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-day ...

The expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) achieved a milestone on 1 July 2016 as the United States, along with developed and developing country partners at the Wo...

East African member states will establish a Secretariat to oversee the effective implementation of the Zanzibar Declaration and Bi-Lateral Timber Trade Agreements, with Zambia also...

Two profiled trade reports from the USAID Economic Analysis and Data Services: Trade in the Southern African Customs Union (pdf) This analytical brief surveys the role trade has ...

And gearing towards relegating the hoe to the museum The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization, on 30 June 2016 launched a project o...

Food demand to rise strongly in coming decade; production gains alone will not suffice to eradicate hunger – action needed The recent period of high agricultural commodity price...

The first tripartite meeting on ILO’s strategy for Decent Work in Middle-Income Countries of Africa held from 27-28 June in Praia, Cabo Verde, adopted the pragmatic plan by urgin...

Trade in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) emerged in its modern form as a result of a June 29, 1910 agreement. It is based on an...

The Annual COMESA Research Forum took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 27 June to 1 July 2016 with 13 Member States and 16 leading Universities from the region participating in the one...

South African companies are hardly represented in Francophone Africa, despite the significant opportunities present in these countries. During the Co-invest in Francophone Africa ...

Now that the immediate turmoil of Britain’s exit vote from the European Union has somewhat subsided, it is a good time to ask what lessons that vote holds for the East African ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try this week to generate new business in Africa for Israeli companies while making an emotional journey to Uganda, where his brother died 40...

The selection: Friday, 1 July 2016 SADC finance and economy ministers in Gaborone for peer review meetings (Channel Africa) Trade, industry, finance and investment ministers from...

This week sees the opening of the 2nd meeting for the fourteenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-14) under the aegis of African Development Bank President Akinwu...

South Africa’s trade balance swings to record surplus as commodities boost exports South Africa in May recorded its biggest monthly trade surplus since the revenue service intro...

The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors on 30 June 2016 endorsed a five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Lesotho, expected to deliver US $154 million over 201...

Trade, industry, finance and investment ministers from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have started a series of regional development peer review meetings which wil...

Mauritius’s government expects foreign direct investment to increase as much as 46 percent this year, even as the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union may curb...

The economy recorded the highest first quarter growth in five years, helped by good weather, improved security and continued investment in public infrastructure, according to newly...

The selection: Thursday, 30 June 2016 Later today: the release of South Africa’s May 2016 trade statistics. The ‘Bloomberg consensus’ is for another trade surplus in May, at...