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Illicit financial flows are a major drain on Africa’s resources for development. International coordination is needed to slow the flow of stolen assets. Last week, Teodorin Ngue...

Kenyan exporters can breathe a sigh of relief following a fruitful completion of a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Kenyan government and the European Union (EU) on T...

After decades of negotiations, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing entered into force on Sunday, enhancing opportunities for the equitable sharing of benefits of the ...

A business processing center in Riyadh that is run by women. An e-commerce company that helps farmers develop transport companies to deliver packages to remote, rural areas of Chi...

In 2008, and again in 2011, global food prices reached unprecedented levels, posing serious threats to the food security of vulnerable people around the world. Such spikes in food ...

Transporters are fretting over the introduction of a $2 per tonne tax on goods passing through the port by Mombasa County. At a media briefing Tuesday, Shippers Council of E...

Nigeria has nothing to fear from Ghana or her other West African countries, and so must open her markets to her neighbours without any prohibitions, ECOWAS Chair John Mahama has sa...

China’s economy faces a slowdown in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to between 2.4% and 5% next year, well below the current 7% International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimate, unle...

The potential positive impact of foreign investment on women’s empowerment through the creation of formal employment and business linkages is considerable, but the operations of ...

African governments need to find consensus positions so that continent’s voice is heard in international negotiations, says Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the United Na...

The Ninth African Development Forum (ADF) opened on October 13 in Marrakech with the call by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) for stronger emphasis on infrastructure and f...

At the ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Ministers agreed to prepare a “clearly defined” work programme on the remaining Doha Development Agenda (DDA) issues. However, ...

Kenya is not prepared for another spike in global and regional food prices. In 2008, Kenya suffered from the combination of post-election violence, rising prices for food an...

International forum will also endorse policy recommendations on food losses and waste and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture The Committee on World Food Security, the world’s...

“The super commodity cycle is behind us as producers again care more about cost containment than expansion,” according to economist Mike Schüssler. In a report he wrote for&n...

Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Action Plan This edition of the World Investment Report provides valuable analysis that can inform global discussions on ...

IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report finds that action in the energy sector could unleash an extra decade of growth Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to un...

EY launched a new report on 7 October 2014, Africa 2030: Realizing the possibilities, in advance of the firm’s Strategic Growth Forum Africa that took place at the Sandton C...

Much more work needs to be done to end poverty and close the gap in living standards between those in the bottom 40 percent and the top 60 percent of the population around the worl...

Leading members of the global investment community gathered to meet sustainable development stakeholders as UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum commenced with a grand opening ceremon...