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Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi unveils his report to the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) – the first United Nations ministerial confe...

The African Development Bank has lauded the development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agendas, and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans by Ec...

Long-term finance is essential for households, firms and sustainable development. A shortage of long-term financing since the 2008 crisis is choking the investment-backed growth o...

Effective use and access of available, affordable, convenient, quality, and sustainable financial services contributes to poverty reduction and economic and social development, say...

The 1st German Africa Business Summit held from Monday 7th – 8th September 2015 attended by the Secretary General of the East African Community, H.E. Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera co...

The selection: Monday, 14 September Important SA-US AGOA discussions resume today: selected updates SA denies restricting US meat imports (Business Day) South Africa was not res...

The vision of the Government is to position Mauritius as a business hub for the region. It is therefore committed to facilitate business by eliminating obstacles to trade and inv...

South African and US officials are to hold a crucial, urgent, last-ditch meeting on Monday to try to resolve outstanding trade issues before SA risks losing some or all of its R21 ...

Mistrust has emerged among the East African Community partner states over Tanzania’s commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement that would give the region’s goods ...

SADC and its International Cooperating Partners (ICPs) convened a SADC/ICP Dialogue Platform Meeting on 11th September, 2015 in Gaborone, Botswana. The meeting was co-chaired by th...

Forests vital for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals The world’s forests must be recognized as “more than trees”, the XIV World Forestry Congress meet...

Buoyed by the depreciating Shilling and the falling global oil prices, Uganda’s economy could continue the modest recovery and grow 0.4 percentage points faster in 2016 than in 2...

Cabinet has unanimously endorsed the Liberia-US Trade and Investment Forum aimed at enhancing Liberia’s position in the global economy. According to an Executive Mansion release...

A draft resolution on “Basic Principles on Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes” was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York at its Sixty-Ninth...

The selection: Friday, 11 September New reports from tralac: JB Cronjé: Preparing for trade in services negotiations in the context of a comprehensive CFTA John Stuart: ICTs, ...

Since the turn of the millennium the African continent has seen unprecedented growth. Six of the ten fastest-growing economies worldwide are located in Africa. So far, African econ...

Kofi Annan summarized Africa’s current challenges and opportunities during the 15th International Economic Forum on Africa: “Africa Beyond 2015”, organized by the OECD Develo...

World Bank officials met with the African Caucus in Luanda, Angola, August 27 and 28, to present an update on the work to revise policies for protecting the poor and the environmen...

Kenya and South Sudan will be connected to a high-speed fibre optic cable within the next two years enhancing communication and inter-border trade. The ICT Authority is implementi...

Sub-Saharan Africa is a study in contrasts when it comes to women’s economic advancement, says the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law 2016 report, released on 9 Sep...