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Developing countries to play greater role in OECD/G20 efforts to curb corporate tax avoidance
13 Nov 2014The OECD released on 12 November 2014 its new Strategy for Deepening Developing Country Engagement in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project, which will...
read moreG20 leaders meet to discuss global economics
13 Nov 2014The weak global economic climate will come under the spotlight when members of the Group of 20 countries meet in Brisbane, Australia from 15 to 16 November.
The G20 Leaders’ Sum...
read moreFive countries bid to host SADC renewable energy centre
13 Nov 2014At least five countries are vying for the right to host the proposed regional centre for the promotion of renewable energy in southern Africa.
According to a recent meeting of the...
read moreUS and China strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate change pact
13 Nov 2014Barack Obama aims for reduction of a quarter or more by 2025, while Xi Jinping sets goal for emissions to fall after 2030
The United States and China have unveiled a secretly nego...
read moreLower trade and higher poverty rate are cousins
13 Nov 2014“Nigeria is not just a place to set up a business. The country is a big and growing market. Investing in Nigeria is tantamount to connecting to a big market.”
The relationship...
read moreFor up to 800 million rural poor, a strong World Bank commitment to agriculture
13 Nov 2014Close to 800 million people around the world – or 78 percent of the world’s poor people – live in rural areas and rely on farming, livestock, aquaculture and other agricultur...
read moreRecord number of new trade concerns raised in standards committee in 2014
13 Nov 2014A record-breaking number of new trade concerns, mostly dealing with issues such as the protection of health and the environment, were raised by WTO members at the Technical Barrier...
read moreRussia authorizes several SA firms to resume seafood exports
13 Nov 2014South Africa will be able to restart seafood exports to Russia, which had been suspended over two decades ago, after several seafood companies have been granted rights by Russian a...
read moreUS and China agree to eliminate technology trade tariffs in landmark Beijing deal
12 Nov 2014China and the US have agreed to eliminate tariffs on a host of technology products – a move which could add $190bn to global GDP.
The two trading powers overcame a succession of...
read moreClimate Change Conference kicks off in Dar es Salaam
12 Nov 2014Some of the world’s leading experts on Climate Change have joined the country’s decision makers and opinion leaders gathered today in Tanzania’s business capital to participa...
read moreSolid and adequate land policies, if implemented, could catalyze Africa’s transformation
12 Nov 2014The inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened Tuesday evening at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia with a strong call for a robust deepening of land governance ...
read moreWest Africa ‘on brink’ of major food crisis in wake of Ebola outbreak – UN expert
12 Nov 2014As Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, leaving more than 4,000 people dead, the region is now on the brink of a major food crisis, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the r...
read moreThe pros and cons of SADC Gateway Port
12 Nov 2014Namport’s prospective N$30 billion ‘SADC Gateway Port’ will have enormous economic benefits for Namibia, but there are serious social and environmental consequences to be con...
read morePolitics, not economics, is at play... Indonesia wants more trade with Namibia
12 Nov 2014Indonesia, with a GDP of over US$1.3 trillion (N$15 trillion), believes it is inconceivable that its trade with Namibia is only worth N$37 million annually.
The Asian country says...
read moreChifungula keen on mining audit
12 Nov 2014Auditor General Anna Chifungula says the extent of corruption in the mining industry requires serious intervention.
In an interview following a Millennium Development Goals (MDG) ...
read moreEU asks Nigeria to sign trade deal
12 Nov 2014A delegation of the European Union, EU, to Nigeria on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to enhance the export of Nigerian ...
read moreTake advantage of factoring as trade finance tool, African businesses urged
12 Nov 2014Legislators and regulators should assist African businesses to take advantage of the benefits of factoring as a trade finance instrument by creating enabling environments for the f...
read moreEU-Africa free trade agreement ‘destroys’ development policy, says Merkel advisor
11 Nov 2014German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Africa Commissioner, Günter Nooke issued harsh criticism of the EU’s joint free trade deal with multiple African countries, claiming the EPA ...
read moreTime to upscale renewable energy
11 Nov 2014It is no longer a secret. The world is fast running out of traditional energy sources such as coal. Furthermore, emissions from these fossil fuels have increased climate warming an...
read moreInaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa to be held in Addis Ababa
11 Nov 2014The inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) will be held from 11 to 14 November 2014, at the African Union Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CLPA 2014 i...
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