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Ministers and other high level officials from 46 countries made headway on the politically thorny issues that have stymied the UN negotiations to finalise the first-ever universal ...

Remarks by United States President Barack Obama at the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on 25 July 2015 Thank you so much, President Kenyatta, for yo...

President Obama has prioritized promoting U.S. trade with and investment in Africa, building Africa’s trade capacity, and extending preferential access to the U.S. market for Afr...

African countries have been urged to demand new global trade rules during the forthcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference to be held in Nairobi in December to ensur...

To directly deliver on-the-spot authoritative advice on trade and development issues to policymakers and all stakeholders in Africa, UNCTAD has opened a regional office in Addis Ab...

Member states of the tripartite free trade area have until December to ratify the TFTA agreement before it comes into force in January. The trade agreement, establishing a...

The selection: Friday, 24 July Changes in foreign investment in South Africa: a ‘Friends’ perspective (tralac) This paper provides an update on South Africa’s foreign ...

The Economic and Social Council concluded its coordination and management session this afternoon with the adoption of a draft decision on international cooperation in tax matters a...

This report is the result of a series of Expert Round Tables held in March 2015, the first phase of a two-stage consultation process launched by the European Union (EU) on ACP-EU r...

Special report examining the Illicit outflows of money from the continent and the need for a global response to stem it. Africa loses approximately US$50 billion annually through ...

On June 17, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Seychelles. Macroeconomic outcomes remain solid, and mos...

Mauritius has become the 15th member country in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to sign its national Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program...

Trade negotiators tentatively agreed on Saturday to eliminate tariffs on an array of technology products valued at $1 trillion worth of global commerce. The breakthrough toward th...

The selection: Thursday, 23 July Launched in Windhoek: the Namibia Trade Information Portal The portal is a web-based platform on which the Government of the Republic of Namibia ...

The increasing stockpile of trade-restrictive measures introduced by WTO members remains a cause for concern, and continued vigilance is required, according to the latest report on...

Special feature assesses how China and India play significant roles in world commodity markets The World Bank is nudging up its 2015 forecast for crude oil prices from $53 in Apri...

Since 1993 when Namibia introduced its national currency, the Namibia dollar, the country has maintained a policy of strategic parity between the Namibian dollar and the rand. Thi...

Africa is not a country but a continent of 54 states, which, in spite of many similarities, differ from one another in many respects, African Development Bank President, Donald Kab...

East African Community countries have presented a list of issues they hope the United States government will address to expand its trade partnership with the region. ...

Recently, industrial capacity cooperation has become a catchword in China-Africa cooperation. Many African countries are eager to embrace the historic opportunity brought about by ...