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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises that international trade is an important mechanism through which many of the specific goals and targets that have been agreed...

Statement by the African Regional Standards Organization (ARSO): Information provided at the TBT Committee meeting of 9-10 March 2016 under Agenda Item 5 (Update by Observers). AR...

Fish is important to humanity and the environment in many respects. It is a particularly valuable resource for fishing nations and communities, especially in developing countries a...

FAO seeks $10 million to provide underserved districts with seeds, prevent further rise in food insecurity With just six weeks left before the start of the main cropping season in...

The number of member States participating in the COMESA Free Trade Area (FTA) has risen to sixteen following the passage of the required law by the Democratic Republic of Congo to ...

The selection: Friday, 29 April 2016 Diarise: the 27th African Union Summit will take place in Kigali, 10-18 July South Africa's March trade statistics have been released Servic...

The report highlights a need for stronger cross-border business support services and direct participation of services suppliers in the regional integration process to accelerate tr...

South African banks face profitability pressures over the next few years amid a weakening economy and rising credit risks, says Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services in a report...

Manufacturing production in sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled during the last decade, dispelling the myth the sector is in long-term decline, a new report by the Overseas De...

Many of the World Bank Group’s client countries face a difficult challenge – and the White House recently put this issue at the top of the agenda, too: How ...

The Namibia Statistics Agency conducted an Informal Cross Border Trade Survey (ICBTS) in September 2015. This is the second ICBTS with the first one conducted in November 2014. NSA...

The COMESA region recorded relatively flat Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2014 at US$16 billion, registering a marginal decline of less than 1% compared to 2013. The inflows we...

The selection: Thursday, 28 April 2016 Featured trade policy review processes: Malawi’s TPR is underway at the WTO: download reports by the WTO Secretariat, the Government of ...

The third review of the trade policies and practices of Malawi takes place on 27 and 29 April 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the ...

WTO members held their first discussions on 22 April regarding implementation of the Ministerial Decision on Preferential Rules of Origin for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The ...

The African Development Bank may be smaller by numbers than other multilateral development banks (MDBs), not least the World Bank, but its voice is loud, its expertise is ground-br...

The recovery and acceleration of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa since about 1995 has been widely recognised. But less is known about the extent to which this growth has led ...

This paper examines how trade policy institutions can mobilise to support the new digital economy of the 21st century. The paper begins by outlining the core enablers of the digita...

A more active and interventionist competition law regime is developing for investors in Africa, as their involvement has sparked the creation of new laws and regulators. Competiti...

East Africa is winning the war against elimination of non-tariff barriers (NTBs), says a report by TradeMark East Africa. Over last five years, the cost of doing business an...