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President Barack Obama is under significant pressure to impose a range of restrictions on travellers coming to the United States from West African countries affected by the current...

The East African Community is seeking at least $43 billion to fund key infrastructure projects for the next 10 years as it moves to address its current huge infrastructure gap. Th...

Tanzania has endorsed a regional trade pact with the European Union, clearing the way for Kenyan products to regain duty free export access to Europe. EU officials say the formal ...

Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened ...

Six flagship publications on peace, security, development and governance in Africa have been launched at the UN General Assembly in New York. The publications, which are products ...

President Paul Kagame was attending the sixth East African Business Summit with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta when an aide alerted him of a complaint from Gatuna border pos...

In the continual effort to boast economic growth and competitiveness on the global market spearheaded by the Logistics industry, the Government, through the National Planning Commi...

Africa’s continued progress on growth and development targets will hinge on concerted efforts – from partnerships inside and outside the continent – to enhance infrastructure...

Prices of most commodities, particularly oil, are expected to remain weak for the remainder of this year and through much of 2015, says the World Bank’s latest issue of Comm...

Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community (EAC) finalised on 16 October 2014 a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between both regions. The agreem...

South Africa has referred the European Union to the World Trade Organisation over Brussels’ threat to refuse entry to South African fruit because of citrus fungal disease black s...

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda have challenged East African Community (EAC) member states to speed up reforms to allow free movement of l...

Africa has the capacity to access at least 200 billion dollars for sustainable development investment but it will remain a slave to foreign aid unless it improves the climate for i...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, as chair, reported to the Trade Negotiations Committee on 16 October that despite intensive consultations “we have not found a solution to the ...

East African Community (EAC) member States are to blame for the delay in the harmonisation and standardisation of the region’s tax system, an industry expert has said. Ashif K...

Malawi’s Minister of Industry and Trade Joseph Mwanamvekha has disclosed that the country’s agro-based is losing about K20bn, equivalent to about US$50m, every year to illegal ...

The 2014 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual Meetings provided the perfect opportunity for finance and development ministers, the private sector, civil so...

A lack of investment and an absence of coordinated leadership to address critical financing needs in developing countries could threaten efforts to reduce poverty and tackle issues...

South Africa has become a preferred Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) off-shoring destination as well as the staging ground of choice for international law firms seeking a jurisdicti...

Namibia is opening new markets for its beef in China and Russia as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on demand from consumers in the European Union ...