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Women entrepreneurs are meeting in Nairobi to explore strategies that would see them step up their participation in business across East Africa. “This conference on women ...

New countries are making the case they can be good homes for manufacturers, a change that China will have to adapt to In the search for competitive costs and acceptable quality, n...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Chairperson of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Mrs. Fatima Beyina-Moussa, discussed c...

The selection: Thursday, 20 August SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap (SADC) The SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015-2063, was approved by the Extra-Ordina...

The SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015-2063, was approved by the Extra-Ordinary Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, in April 2015. The Strategy is premised on the convi...

China and India emerged as Nigeria’s biggest trade partners in the second quarter of 2015, as the country’s total foreign trade value declined by about 0.5 percent, the Foreign...

New measure to promote standards In what might be a major boost to Africa’s economies, the United States (U.S.) has revalidated the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by ...

South African business on Tuesday welcomed the decision by Russia to consider offering visa-free entry for tourists from China, India, Brazil and South Africa as fellow m...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress backed a plan to split legislation governing the oil and gas industry from mining laws as the party begins a review of its policie...

The selection: Wednesday, 19 August SADC Summit: communiqué Summit noted the critical role played by macroeconomic convergence programme in facilitating stability and deepening ...

Communiqué of the 35th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government Gaborone, Botswana August 17-18, 2015 1. The 35th Ordinary meeting of the Summit of the Heads of State and G...

“The people of southern Africa will not judge us by the adoption of key strategic documents, but rather by the outcomes achieved, following implementation.” These were the wor...

President Jacob Zuma has today, 18 August 2015, concluded a successful visit to Gaborone, in the Republic of Botswana, where he led the South African delegation at the 35th Ordinar...

The Assembly wants the region to prioritise harmonization of investment initiatives and incentives if the bloc is to be promoted as a single investment area. To this end, EALA is c...

The 15th International Economic Forum on Africa, “Africa Beyond 2015”, is set to take place on 9 September 2015 at the Deutsche Telekom in Berlin, Germany. Africa’s gross do...

The year 2015 is an important one for global development as the Millennium Development Goals endorsed in 2000 with 8 goals, 21 targets, and 60 indicators are coming to an end in le...

A new paper finds that while natural resources may provide low-income countries with a significant development opportunity, the prevailing extractives-led growth agenda is in urgen...

Zimbabwe’s bid to join the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has received a major boost after the African Development Bank (AfDB) chipped in with $4 million of the money requi...

‘Reclaiming SADC for People’s Development – SADC Resources for SADC Peoples’ We the representatives of more than 500 delegates drawn from grassroots movements, community-b...

The selection: Tuesday, 18 August SADC Heads of State and Government Summit: updates Closing remarks by President Khama The people of Southern African would not judge us by the ...