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The selection: Monday, 23 May 2016 For publication this Wednesday, Africa Day: a new Afrobarometer report on views towards regional integration. ‘Do Africans want it? What does ...

With two-thirds of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050, how Africa urbanises will be critical to the continent’s future growth and development, according to the Afri...

This paper examines the main components of Sub-Saharan Africa’s balance of payments with a view to understanding the role that trade has played in the evolution of current accoun...

The African Union Commission (AUC) will take part at the First World Humanitarian Summit to be held from 23 to 24 May 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. During this event, the African Union...

Parliament for the Environment gets underway as high level officials gather to combat some of the most pressing problems of the day Hundreds of key decision-makers from all over t...

Cheap poultry imports and rising feed costs due to the drought have put the South African poultry industry under tremendous pressure, threatening growth and jobs. Local listed com...

On Friday, May 13th 2016, two events; distinctly separate but with common strands connecting them, took place in diametrically opposite sides of the globe. While President Paul Ka...

Mega-regional trade agreements erode WTO centricity and carry significant risks for countries excluded from the negotiations. The international community must identify ways to mini...

We, the undersigned Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), are committed to working together, and within our respective institutional mandates, to respond to the global forced disp...

Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial nations failed to find ways to take coordinated action to revitalize the global economy as they wrapped up a two-day meeting in S...

The selection: Friday, 20 May 2016 Next week, in Kampala: Africa Development Effectiveness Working Group Retreat (APDEV) The main aim of the Retreat (26-29 May) is for African st...

Tanzania needs to invest more on infrastructure and human capital to improve its competitiveness and create more productive jobs While Tanzania continues to record  strong ec...

Africa’s regional economic integration represents the continent’s most ambitious political innovation since the wave of decolonization that started in the late 1950s. It is wi...

Africa remains one of the preferred frontiers for investment opportunities and doing business, according to a report released by PwC Africa today. Growth and foreign direct investm...

Landmark UNEP assessment puts state of the world’s environment under the microscope The environmental change sweeping the world is occurring at a faster pace than previously tho...

Experts have warned that visa policies in most African countries are hindering growth on the continent because they stifle free movement of goods and people. The visa policies and...

The two-day meeting of the Africa Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) to discuss Africa’s priorities for sustainable development implementation in the context of A...

Growth in Algeria remained stable in 2015 at 3.9 percent, but the country is facing important challenges given the large decline in oil prices, said the IMF in its latest asse...

The selection: Thursday, 19 May 2016 Launching next week: the African Economic Outlook 2016 (AfDB) For the first time, the statistical annex includes data on gender, comparing in...

What are the business challenges that need to be addressed in the CFTA services negotiations and how to engage with the private sector in this process? Is it possible for the agree...