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The international community needs a financial framework capable of confronting the multifaceted crises of the day in a predictable and effective manner if it is to delineate a succ...

Representatives of African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have convened in Addis Ababa for a two-day workshop to develop a collaborative framework for support to address the...

Innovative efforts to dismantle trade barriers in East Africa provide a shining example of how the private sector can work alongside governments and nonprofits to help drive sustai...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech at a conference of African Trade Ministers marking the WTO’s 20th anniversary in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 8 April 2015, said tha...

The Road to Paris 2015 (COP 21) – Promoting access to low-carbon development in Africa Ministers from governments across Africa will gather at this year’s Africa Carbon Forum ...

With all the research and knowledge think tanks conduct and amass, it would be fair to assume they have great influence on policy. But this is not the case for all, heard the over ...

Development aid flows were stable in 2014, after hitting an all-time high in 2013, but aid to the poorest countries continued to fall, according to official data collected by the O...

William Mwanza, researcher from the Trade Law Centre (tralac), was interviewed on CNBC Africa on 27 March 2015, looking at how we are filling the gaping hole that is infr...

The issue of trade barriers in the East African Community (EAC) could soon be history based on the effort that the region’s leaders are investing on it. The focus is now on remov...

International trade creates wealth and opportunities around the world. But the richest countries must take care to foster, not weaken the poorest, writes Anabel Gonzalez. Just mon...

Think tanks play a powerful and influencing role in Europe and North America but in Africa they struggle not only for acquiring funding but also for finding and defining their role...

The Ethiopian government is finalising instruments and expediting internal consultations for the accession of the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trad...

South African and U.S. poultry producers will meet this week in an effort to reach an agreement over American chicken exports. The countries have been at loggerheads on whether So...

Experts from the East African Community (EAC) partner states and the EAC Secretariat have been asked to dedicate their efforts towards strengthening institutional capacities in the...

China sidestepped Kenya in a deal that has seen almost 50 countries join its new development bank. The Beijing-led investment bank is expected to challenge the World Bank’s dom...

Kenya’s National Treasury is considering a proposal to abolish tax incentives and exemptions to foreign investors as the country seeks ways of funding its expanding budget, est...

By 2016, TMEA would like to see a 10% increase in the total value of exports from the EAC region. TMEA which is funded by a range of development agencies with the aim of growing p...

The 1st Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment (STC-SDLE-1) is scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 24 ...

The African Development Bank the African Union Commission (AUC) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) presented preliminary data on the Africa Regional Integration Index to the ...

Divisions on how best to finalise a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) moved to the fore last week during a New York meeting of delegates charged with hammering out a post...