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The year 2015 has witnessed China-Africa relations recording the most splendid chapter in the history of international relations. Fruitful achievements have been made in the recen...

If South Africa loses its beneficial status in terms of the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), there will be some winners and some losers in the local agriculture and agri...

Natural disasters can cause unthinkable tolls and continue to disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable. When the category five Cyclone Pam barreled down on Va...

Simultaneous slowdown in Brics economies would jeopardise chances of pick-up in global growth this year, report says The risk of the global economy being battered by a “perfect ...

E-commerce has great potential to become a significant part of the economic activity of countries throughout Africa. Increasing digital literacy and unprecedented new demand are oc...

Reducing inflation is the most important policy issue for Malawi in the near term, the IMF said in its recent review of the country’s economy. The report shows currency deprecia...

Lesotho and Georgia are the two new members that have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The WTO Secretariat received the countries’ instruments of acceptance on Ja...

The selection: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 Selected WTO Trade Policy Reviews: Malawi (27, 29 April), DRC (15, 17 June), Zambia (21, 23 June)  Recently launched: the UNEP ...

Africa is at a tipping point in 2016. Despite all the success the continent has achieved in recent years, new and old dangers – economic, political, and security-related – thre...

South African fruit, wine and nut farmers are bracing for hardship as the U.S. looks set to rescind their duty-free access to the world’s largest market at a time when they’re ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund endorsed Nigeria’s efforts to tackle corruption on Tuesday while saying it needed to reduce its reliance on oil, sharp falls in the pr...

After seven years in office, President Barack Obama has already engaged more broadly on Africa than any previous American president, but with one year remaining in the White House,...

Resilience is a process, a way of thinking and acting – not just an end state. And as leaders from 195 nations reached a landmark agreement in Paris on a framework to stop globa...

As economic stakes are raised, terrorism and nonproliferation require political focus and follow-through. Fortunately there are signs that promote hope for the future, and Ken...

The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) conducted a CityStrength Diagnostic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2015 at the request of ...

The selection: Tuesday, 5 January 2016 The Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Foresight Africa 2016: review Sub-Saharan Africa will fall behind for many reasons. First, the p...

Health authorities to meet to resolve outstanding issues; U.S. may exclude South African farming goods from AGOA benefit South Africa said it missed a Dec. 31 deadline set by the ...

FAO actions aim to minimize impact on agriculture Crop and livestock production prospects in Southern Africa have been weakened by the El Niño weather phenomenon that has lowered...

The launch of Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2016 is on the horizon. In anticipation of this year’s report, the Africa Growth Initiative team off...

SA confident outstanding AGOA issues will be resolved South African government officials have been engaged with their US counterparts during the festive season to finalise all the...