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Development cannot be sustainable if it does not address the challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Member States on Monday as he opened a H...

The IMF’s Executive Board renewed its support for Senegal’s economic and financial policies by approving a third straight endorsement of the West African nation’s policy prog...

The selection: Monday, 29 June Featured tweet, @SAbynumbers: Composition of South African imports 1995-2012 This week, in Geneva: Expert meeting on promoting economic integr...

There is increasing optimism among shipping stakeholders that the Cargo Tracking Scheme to be managed by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) will further improve efficiency at t...

The governments of the East African Community (EAC) have been asked to amend ratification free trade agreements signed between themselves and other nations under the Private Partne...

The East African Community will formally become a Common Market on July 1 despite the aspirations of free movement of goods, services and labour being far from being achieved. ...

Kenya is among the economies that are poised to reap the highest dividends from a rapidly growing population in the next 35 years, London-based Economist magazine says in...

The Trade Related Facility (TRF) programme is established through a Contribution Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), wh...

Tanzania’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has risen by 14.5%, thanks to gas discoveries in the country including Songo Songo. According to newly launched World Investment Repor...

Being part of the global trading community and a participant in the trade liberalisation processes, Namibia cannot stop foreign products from entering the local market. “The onl...

The selection: Friday, 26 June The AU Summit declarations and resolutions have been published in Addis: some highlights AU Declaration on 2015 Year of Women’s Empowerment and D...

Implementation of Key Government Programmes Cabinet welcomed the resolutions adopted at the 25th African Union (AU) Summit which places Africa on a new path of development and gro...

Dodging custom duties or ‘tariffs’ in Tunisia led to huge losses to state revenue and substantial inequality, as politically connected entrepreneurs were especially likely to...

The historic launch of the largest integrated market covering 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa, is a bold move by Africa to reform internal trade. The current economic ...

We the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, meeting at the 25th Ordinary Session of our Assembly in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa from 14-15 June 2015...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, having met at our Twenty Fifth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 14 to 1...

The selection: Thursday, 25 June UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board (Africa) is in session in Geneva: the documentation [Profiled paper: Revisiting debt sustainabili...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, meeting at the 25th Ordinary Session of our Assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 14 to 15 June 2015; Recalling ...

An increase in measures taken by Governments to liberalize foreign direct investment, combined with a fall in restrictions, led to enhanced conditions for foreign direct investment...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa as a whole remained stable at $54 billion in 2014, with decreases in North Africa being offset by rises in Sub-Saharan Africa, UNC...