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Public institutions providing finance to businesses in developing countries are channelling billions of euros through secretive tax havens, a report published today (4 No...

Commerce minister makes strong case for food subsidy to poor India on Sunday exuded confidence that the current impasse over the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and f...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he sees momentum building for a Washington-backed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the fi...

Some analysts have slammed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for its frequent postponement of the deadline for the adoption of a single currency. The new dead...

The European Union has rescinded its earlier statement that Kenyan farmers will find it difficult to find market in the EU if the country adopts genetically modified crops. ...

South African blue-chip companies have ended up on the wrong side of a soured R3.7-billion Mozambican port deal, including Esor Franki and law firm Bowman Gilfillan. South African...

Kenya plans to pursue individuals who use offshore companies to evade taxes and commit other economic crimes, after the government announced it will endorse an international conv...

Landlocked countries can improve their connectivity by strengthening cooperation with their transit neighbors and other global partners, as well as pursuing specific actions to red...

Kenya’s rebased economy will not grow as fast as initially projected, a paper tabled by Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich shows. Instead of the 5.8 per cent growth rate on w...

At an historic meeting on 8 November 2014, the African Union together with African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and leading businesses in Afr...

The exports of goods and commercial services from least developed countries (LDCs) increased by 5.2% last year but the total share of LDCs in world trade remains marginal, the LDC ...

Tourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the world contributing 9 per cent to global GDP, accounting for one in 11 jobs worldwide and for 6 per cent of...

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on 5 November 2014 announced a package of at least $450 million in commercial financing that will enable trade, investment, and employment in...

Restrictive trade measures introduced by G-20 economies since 2008 continue to rise, according to the latest WTO report on recent trade developments issued on 6 November 2014. Give...

The ministers of Central African countries are taking a decisive step toward the creation of a green economy, with a focus on the timber industry The government of the DRC announc...

China has overtaken India to become Kenya’s top source of imported goods, newly released data show. The world’s most populous nation grew its exports to Kenya by 37.9 per ce...

The global energy industry is undergoing a seismic shift, in part driven by development of new, unconventional sources of energy, such as shale gas, tight oils, coal seam gas and o...

Djibouti is preparing for the future. The small country on the Horn of Africa has outlined an ambitious set of goals it hopes to achieve over the next two decades. These goals are ...

Trade between Africa and Ireland is expected to reach €24bn by the end of the decade, Trade and Development Minister Sean Sherlock told a conference recently. The minister said ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said it will assist the 19-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) to implement market competition guidelines....