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Mobile survey platform to give farmers data to boost yields
16 Feb 2015
About one million farmers in Africa will benefit from a global mobile survey platform that will give them access to data in emerging markets by way of SMS or voice recording, inc...
read moreIncentives to draw foreign investors to Rwanda
16 Feb 2015
A new code to make Rwanda the destination of choice for capital flows in the region has passed through the lower house of Parliament and now awaits a decision from the upper cham...
read moreSA retail giant Massmart opens Nairobi outlet in May
16 Feb 2015
South African retail giant, Massmart, is expected to make its entry in Kenya this May with the opening of the Sh23 billion Garden City shopping mall on Thika Road.
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read moreNew World Bank Group push to revive agriculture, avert hunger for over one million people at risk in Ebola-hit countries
13 Feb 2015In a concerted push to revive agriculture and avert hunger in Ebola-hit countries, the World Bank Group has mobilized up to $15 million in emergency financing to provide a record 1...
read moreClosing thematic debate, UN Assembly President urges better funding for post-2015 development
13 Feb 2015The creation of a coherent and synergistic strategy that marries the post-2015 development agenda, new methods of financing and efforts to reach a new climate change agreement is k...
read moreBRICS to set up $100bn green fund
13 Feb 2015The BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is debating setting up a green fund under the New Development Bank to support green projects and technologies to pr...
read moreFlower farmers wait for export tax refund
13 Feb 2015Cut flower exporters are likely to get refunds up to Sh300 million for tax incurred within the European Union between October 1 and December 24 when the duty-free regime had lapsed...
read moreIntra-regional migration within SADC and implications for International Migration policy
12 Feb 2015Introductory Remarks by Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba for Third Roundtable on International Migration: Intra-regional migration within SADC and implications for Internationa...
read moreNorthern Corridor Kigali Summit pushed to March
12 Feb 2015The Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) Summit previously scheduled for mid this month, in Kigali, has been postponed to early March.
Monique Mukaruliza, the national co...
read moreRegional integration centres will improve EAC experience
12 Feb 2015
Ugandans will soon enjoy a better East African Community (EAC) experience when we operationalise the Ministry of East African Community (MEACA) outpost/ support centre at the Bus...
read moreCombined mid-term review and regional portfolio performance review of the Regional Integration Strategy Paper for West Africa 2011-2015
12 Feb 2015Executive Summary
In November 2011, the Board approved the Bank’s Regional Integration Strategy Paper for West Africa 2011-2015 (WA-RISP), covering a grouping of 15 member count...
read moreSouth Africa is ready for investment, says Ramathlodi
11 Feb 2015South Africa’s government is committed to expanding its mining industry, Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi told the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Tuesday.
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read moreTanzania keen to crash barriers
11 Feb 2015The government has embarked on a project to develop three One Stop Inspection Stations (OSISs) to reduce non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to trade which inhibit intra-trade in the East A...
read moreEAC Secretariat refutes report of financial abuse
11 Feb 2015The Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) has rejected an audit report that showed it was abusing the bloc’s funds.
The audit, tabled before the East African Legislati...
read moreIs Southern Africa’s agro-industry delivering food security?
11 Feb 2015Has the predominance of the agricultural sector in Southern Africa translated into food and nutrition security in the region? Evidently not! Food security remains a major...
read moreMozambique has conditions to adopt the Chinese model of Special Economic Zones
11 Feb 2015Mozambique has the necessary conditions to successfully adopt the Chinese model of Special Economic Zones, which helped to boost the Chinese economy, according to researchers Ferna...
read moreMining companies can help turn on the lights across sub-Saharan Africa, says World Bank
10 Feb 2015Mining companies can play a key role in harnessing Africa’s abundant clean sources of energy to overcome the lack of electricity which affects at least one in three Africans, say...
read moreIMF Note on Global Prospects and Policy Challenges
10 Feb 2015The following Executive Summary is from a note by the Staff of the IMF prepared for the 9-10 February 2015 G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Istanbu...
read moreEnvironmental Goods Agreement talks focus on clean energy products
10 Feb 2015A fifth discussion round on the “green goods” trade talks was held at the end of January in Geneva, Switzerland between the now 15 participating WTO members.
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read moreThe LPI gender strategy: a learning tool for empowering women
10 Feb 2015The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on 4 and 5 February 2015 in Entebbe, Uganda, was successful in reviewing and validating the Gender Stra...
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