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“Today, I have been given a great responsibility,” Akinwumi A. Adesina said Thursday upon his election as the 8th President of the African Development Bank Group. The Presiden...

The Secretariat will convene a meeting of the policy think tanks and private sector in the region to brief them on the frontier issues for research necessary to support regional in...

The selection: Thursday, 28 May Today in Abidjan: the election of the next President of the African Development Bank AfDB scaled up project funding by 15% to US$ 7.6bn in 20...

72 countries have achieved the Millennium Development target of halving proportion of the chronically under-nourished The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 m...

The WTO has launched a new website which will serve as a focal point for members, donors, and others seeking information on the new Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF). T...

The “Financing the Future” conference was organised by a group of organisations from across the world, including Overseas Development Institute (UK), the United Nations Develop...

Delegates meeting at the UN headquarters last week remained divided on how best to follow-up and review a planned post-2015 development agenda, including a set of sustainable devel...

African countries have been urged to pursue policies aimed at fast-tracking integration of the continent into a global economy. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Cabinet Sec...

The European Union (EU) has channelled 12.1 million euros (Sh1.26bn) to various players in Kenya’s export industry in a bid to save the ailing sector. The money is to be s...

As Africa’s premier development finance institution, the African Development Bank has kept faith with its mission by positioning itself at the centre of Africa’s transfor-matio...

The selection: Wednesday, 27 May 50 years at the service of Africa 1964-2014 - AfDB Golden Book   This Golden Jubilee is an important landmark for the African Developme...

Saddled with 54 national markets and tight migration policies, the idea of an integrated and prosperous Africa would remain a pipe dream if African countries fail to open their bor...

The world’s rich donor nations must increase their overseas aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding for the poorest countries in order to meet a global goal of end...

Kenya is set to introduce tight screening measures on imports, sparking fears of slow down of cargo clearance at the Mombasa port. Treasury secretary Henry Rotich said measures ...

Eight candidates are vying to become the next head of the strategic African Development Bank as the continent is undergoing an economic transformation. With 80 shareholders – 54...

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has called for the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) to boost regional trade among member countries. I...

The selection: Tuesday, 26 May Featured report:  African Economic Outlook 2015 Economic Outlook - five thematic chapters The chapter, Trade policies and regional integ...

Continent should capitalise on youth, develop rural-urban trade corridors With Africa’s population set to triple by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the c...

Senior officials and experts will meet to consider the future of African trade in light of the emergence of mega-trading blocs which exclude more than 160 countries from regional t...

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) have signed a £23million (KES3.5 billion) grant agreement. The funding is targeted tow...