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Illovo Sugar has set its eyes on east and west Africa for growth as it prepares its exit from EU markets in the medium to long term, according to Gavin Dalgleish, the managing dire...

WTO members questioned each other about the trade policies that they believe could be affecting falling prices, slack trade and shifting market shares, when they met on 28 November...

Although the final substance and eventual ratification of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations remain uncertain, t...

China must establish “big country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,” President Xi Jinping said in a speech that laid out his goals for making the nation a ...

The UN Climate Change Conference in Peru (1-12 December) kicked off on Monday with inspiring calls to climate action. In her opening address, the UN’s top climate change of...

When we think about trade barriers hindering developing countries, we often think of tariffs and regulations. However, IGC research suggests another hidden cost, corruption at bord...

Sudan has made progress in improving its investment climate but challenges remain, an UNCTAD review has concluded. A review of investment policies in Sudan, prepared by UNCTAD at ...

The roundtable was aimed at assisting the committee members in unpacking and understanding South Africa’s strategic foreign policy orientations from a regional, continental and g...

The theme of my address this afternoon is the role, responsibilities and governance of the central bank in a modern market-oriented economy, such as that of Uganda. If Uganda is t...

South Africa’s trade deficit widened to the highest in at least four years as oil importers increased purchases to benefit from lower prices. The trade gap swelled to ...

Uganda has been left alone in its push to fast-track a political federation of the five East Africa Community members. Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have broken ranks with...

Nine government agencies involved in cargo clearance at the Kenyan port of Mombasa have until December 31 to migrate to the Single Electronic Window System before its full rollout....

Mombasa is among three ports in East Africa earmarked for further investment by the World Bank to enhance capacity and efficiency. World Bank Country Director for Burundi, T...

As Governments prepare to meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, starting on Monday, a top UN official has highlighted the session as an opportunity t...

Swaziland has a potential to increase intra-COMESA trade by E20.9 billion (US$1.9 billion), recent analysis has shown This was said by Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade Gid...

The implementation of the EAC Monetary Union Protocol have gathered fresh impetus after Rwanda joined an ambitious cross-border payments system last month, which aims at speeding...

Uganda traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (Kacita) have given the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) two weeks to unconditionally release Uganda-bound cargo or boycott t...

The World Trade Organization adopted the first worldwide trade reform in its history on Thursday, after years of stalemate, months of deadlock and a final day’s delay following a...

Analysts said on Thursday that a proposed tripartite free trading arrangement to be launched by three African trading blocs next month will have a positive bearing in promoting Chi...

Government has suspended export tax on unbeneficiated platinum until January 1, 2017, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said in the 2015 National Budget s...