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Minister of Trade and Industry, Calle Schlettwein, has rubbished reports as “factually incorrect” by some local media houses who have accused Namibia of refusing to sign the So...

The East Africa Community Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera has advised regional private and public sector players to consider embracing the ideals of a 24-hour-economy to acce...

Weak commodity exports amid increased importation of goods and services into the country have worsened Uganda’s trade balance. The Central Bank State of the Economy report for...

Sound management of natural resources in Mauritania has the potential to spur further economic growth and build a foundation for sustainable development in the country, according t...

As India plans to host the third India-Africa Forum Summit in December, the implications of a similar event that took place in Washington earlier this month should not be lost on...

Zimbabwe and China yesterday signed nine landmark agreements that will see the emerging global giant from Asia providing financial support for the much-needed economic enablers in ...

The Federal Government and the Financial Regulatory Authority may tap into the G-20 proposal that will require the top banks in the country to issue special bonds as capital that c...

Containment efforts in Nigeria lower impact Business activities across the West African countries may have been gravely affected by the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (E...

Regional Economic Integration Support (REIS) Programme, funded by the European Union, has been a catalyst for the rapid development of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) management i...

India is in talks with key private sector groups in Kenya in a push to have the country export more agricultural produce to the Asian giant to cut reduce trade deficit. It is hope...

The African Development Bank released on August 21 its latest edition of the West Africa Monitor Quarterly. The report follows key socio-economic developments in the region an...

The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, also called the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, is one of the largest industries worldwide. FMCGs are generally cheap products t...

We’ve had Brics and Biits, the Mints and the Fragile Five. It’s now Africa’s term to acquire an investment appellation: the Africa 8. This refers to the handful of Africa’...

Goods worth N5.3 billion were cleared through the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) and Joint Committee on Commerce (JCC) in the first half of the year. Nigeria Customs Ser...

One of the major issues in the Open Working Group’s outcome report on the shape of the post-2015 agenda is the availability and access to financing to allow the goals t...

The cost of labor in China is going up, so Chinese manufacturers are moving to Africa, and they’re playing all the angles. Sun Qiaoming is a trader from Jiangsu. He operates his...

India has amended its duty-free market access scheme for African nations to help boost trade between the two regions, industry body CII said today. “In order to expand trade wit...

Kenyan exporters will from October start paying taxes on goods entering the European Union, until the ratification of the Economic Partnership Agreements – which could take month...

Corruption within the law enforcement agents and customs officials at Zimbabwe’s border post with South Africa is fast wiping off the achievements this country has registered, su...

Comesa wants national parliaments to enact laws that discourage bans on the food trade. Bans on import and export of staple food, particularly maize, have become common among me...