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East African Community member states have completed drafting crucial legislation required to fast-track the establishment of a single currency regime. The EAC heads of state...

Report prepared for the Ninth Joint AUC-ECA Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of the Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Plannin...

The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for West Africa meeting was held from 25 to 26 February 2016 in Dakar, under chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Birima Mangara, Minister ...

Representatives from almost 40 countries, non-governmental and international organisations have made arrangements on how to tackle poaching and illegal trade in animals during the ...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have elected Xavier Carim of South Africa to head its dispute settlement body (DSB) in yet another effort aimed at putting developing sta...

The selection: Friday, 4 March 2016 UNECA’s 2016 Conference of Ministers – 'Towards an integrated and coherent approach to implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda ...

Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) inflows to Africa – The Analysis A KPMG analysis of the factors that attract investors in Africa show that corruption, poor infrastructure ...

The Rwanda Economic Update (REU) reports on and synthesizes recent economic developments and places them in a medium term, regional, and global context. It analyzes the implication...

We, Ministers of the African Union (AU) in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs, representatives of Regional Economic Communities (RECs), intergovernmental conferences, members o...

There is a pressing need for systematic reform of the international investment agreements (IIAs) regime to bring it in line with today’s sustainable development imperative. Today...

When you drive over potholes on downtown streets, are forced to make large detours to cross rivers lacking bridges, and finally arrive to find no cell coverage, connections between...

First global 2016 wheat production forecast sees a modest drop from last year’s record level The FAO Food Price Index was stable in February, as falling sugar and dair...

Global Value Chains and Regional Integration in SACU Global value chains and the link to regional integration In considering the prospects for expanding non-commodities exports, ...

The selection: Thursday, 3 March 2016 Featured tweet, @ekbensah: CFTA – The AU will be creating a dedicated website, including monitoring on #BIAT – Boosting Intra-African Tra...

Communiqué of the 17th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community EAC: Advancing Market-Driven Integration The East African Community Heads of Sta...

Northern Corridor member states have announced steps toward human resource development and capacity building as part of efforts to end brain drain and cut costs on scholarships abr...

The African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) has commissioned a series of case studies to bridge the knowledge gap in natural resources project-driven SME development, supply chain ...

One of the most important findings noted at the Africa launch of the World Bank’s Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015 (GTF) report for th...

Tanzania and Kenya are targeting joint infrastructure projects to help boost trade flow across their common border amid thawing relations between Dar es Salaam and other partners...

The eyes of the agricultural world will be on a high-powered Namibian delegation from all sectors of the local livestock and meat industry when it addresses the World Trade Organis...