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Global value chains have become a dominant feature of world trade and investment, but what opportunities and risks do they provide to women? This question was addressed at a side e...

Hit hard by the recent oil price decline, Gabon can build resilience and revive growth by continuing to diversify its economy, says the IMF. In its annual assessment of the econom...

The selection: Wednesday, 23 March 2016 Featured tweet, by @Erastus_Mwencha: Africa’s development trajectory has been boosted by mostly, [unrecorded] intra-African trade. AfDB ...

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Former President of the African Development Bank Group and currently the Hauser Leader in Residence, Harvard Kennedy School delivered Exim Bank’s 31st Commen...

The UK has outlined plans to increase its support for infrastructure development in Africa and encourage further investment on the continent. The UK’s Africa minister James Dudd...

Southern Africa economic experts have challenged governments in the region to explore the viability of pension funds, financial services levies and sovereign wealth funds in financ...

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view ...

On March, 11, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Mauritius. Mauritius has continued to grow at a moderat...

At leading EU agriculture meeting, FAO Director-General stresses need for collaboration beyond traditional silos The international community needs to find new and innovative ways ...

The selection: Tuesday, 22 March 2016 Featured tweet, from @OECDtax: James Karanja appointed as Head of OECD UNDP @Tax_Inspectors Without Borders Initiative Five forest figures f...

Africa’s private sector will continue to lead the continent towards economic transformation, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Monday at the launch of the ...

Can Africa be the next clean energy powerhouse? That was the question posed by the second plenary panel at the Africa CEO Forum – and panelists reached the conclusion that the an...

Local industries have received a major boost after the East African Community relaxed the rules on goods made in partner states. According to the revised rules of origin, go...

This study, commissioned by the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, assesses the current and past contributions of African Sub-Regional Development Banks (SRDBs) to infrastructur...

This note, prepared by the UNCTAD Secretariat for the fourth session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Promoting Economic Integration and Cooperation (14-15 April 2016), reviews ...

This issue of Economic Insight: Africa aims to provide insight on the dynamics influencing growth in sub-Saharan Africa over the past few years and explores the continent’s prosp...

The selection: Monday, 21 March 2016 Starting today, in Abidjan, the Fourth Africa CEO Forum. For twitter updates follow @africaceoforum, #ACF2016 Starting tomorrow, in Abidjan, ...

Nigerian exports slumped 40.3 percent last year after a fall in crude prices slashed government revenues, weakened the currency and caused the economy to grow at its slowest pace i...

Rwanda’s economy registered 6.9% growth in 2015 (RwF 5,837 billion up from RwF 5,395 billion in 2014) according to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers released by the Nation...

The six nations that make up the Central African Economic and Monetary Community wrapped up their eighth annual “CEMAC Days” event with a dismal assessment: Central Africa is f...