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The African Union Commission (AUC) engaged the Private Sector on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations processes during a three-day Conference of the African Private ...

Minister of Economic Development, Mr Ebrahim Patel, officially opened the 4th BRICS International Competition Conference on 12 November 2015 in Durban. The Conference is convened u...

The Twenty-First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) takes place in Paris at the end of November through to mid-December...

Latest World Energy Outlook also sees clear signs that the energy transition is underway, but warns strong direction is needed from Paris climate summit An extended period of lowe...

‘It is time for a Great Green Wall in the Southern African Dry lands’ SADC Experts of Environment and Natural Resources agreed with the decision of the 1st Specialised Technic...

Citing an enormous loss of $100 to $240 billion dollars in uncollected global corporate income tax revenues each year, Oh Joon, President of the United Nations Economic and Social ...

The selection: Thursday, 12 November Today, in Windhoek: SACU heads of state and government meeting In Harare, on 26 November: Zimbabwe's 2016 national budget Featured infograph...

Despite popular opinion, Africa has been very active on the international trading stage, though results have been disappointing. At the ministerial conference in Bali, Indonesia in...

If the upcoming WTO 10th Ministerial Conference should fail, the biggest losers would be those that have no responsibility for the current deadlock: the LDCs and Africa. They ...

Japan and the United States lead a small group of nations that are driving innovation in 3D printing, nanotechnology and robotics, three frontier technologies that hold the potenti...

A “draft final list” of potential products slated for tariff cuts as part of an effort to secure an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) will soon be circulated to participating...

The African Trade Information Sharing Portal initiative – brainchild of Ghana’s Hon Minister Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah – has been upheld by H.E. Anthony De Bono, Malta’s forme...

Job creation through private sector led investment will be critical for sustainable and inclusive growth and to lift Somalis out of poverty over the medium term. However, the count...

This special edition of the Economic Report on Nigeria aims at serving a dual purpose. First, it serves as an instrument for engaging the new Administration of the Federal Governme...

The selection: Wednesday, 11 November Dueling with Lions: playing the new game of business success in Africa (BCG) As Africa’s economy has risen in recent years, so have valuat...

UNCTAD presented its report on international trade and development before the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting the trade inequality that persists between countries and...

Africa and South Asia most threatened regions Climate change is already preventing people from escaping poverty, and without rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, togeth...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into SA are expected to gain momentum in the coming year after declining over the past 12 months. FDIs are more desirable than other forms of...

The United States embassy here shared South African Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies’s assessment that South Africa and the US were “tantalisingly close” to concluding ...

As part of the preparation of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21), the United Nations Conference on Climate Change that will take place from November 30 to December 11 in P...