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Liberalisation of air transport can bolster countries’ GDP by $1.3b, says IATA
12 Aug 2014The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has disclosed that Nigeria and 11 other nations in Africa may earn at least $1.3billion as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually ...
read moreHarare plans could dent SA exports
12 Aug 2014Plans by Zimbabwe to drive a policy promoting vehicle assembly through the importation of knocked-down kits and the imposition of higher tariffs on imported vehicles will significa...
read moreSpeaking Africa’s language
12 Aug 2014The US wants what we always wanted – two-way trade, investment, mutual respect and strategic collaboration, writes Kuseni Dlamini.
The inaugural US-Africa Leaders Summit marked ...
read moreKenyans move Sh1.1trn on mobile phones in 6 months
12 Aug 2014Kenyan consumers used mobile money services to transfer more than Sh1 trillion in the first six months of the year, the latest industry statistics show.
The new Central Bank of ...
read moreURA starts clearing global cargo through single customs system
12 Aug 2014
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will today (August 11) start a pilot project of clearing of bulk international cargo through the Single Customs Territory (SCT).
The SCT i...
read moreNDP implementation framework unveiled
11 Aug 2014Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe on Thursday released the government’s comprehensive framework for implementing the National Develop...
read moreEmployment levels declining despite increased investment
11 Aug 2014
Despite increased growth in actual investment experienced in the last quarter of the previous financial year 2013/14, there was decline in both employment levels and number of pl...
read moreNo plans to stop trade with Israel: government
11 Aug 2014There are no plans to impose trade restrictions on Israel amid its conflict with Palestine, the trade and industry department said on Wednesday.
“We have not yet made any assump...
read moreWaking up to the BRICS
11 Aug 2014
BRICS members should democratise the New Development Bank’s functioning if new stakeholders are included in the future. If anything, the NDB must be a template for change, not ...
read morePacked agenda for 34th SADC Summit
11 Aug 2014The 34th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit to be held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 17-18 August will deliberate on a wide range of issues including the political and soci...
read moreThe tricky business of administering natural resource revenues
11 Aug 2014The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank recently released a first of its kind joint publication that focuses much needed attention on the administration of revenues from...
read moreAfrica loses $85bn in ‘illicit flows’ – Dlamini-Zuma
11 Aug 2014Africa loses more money in illicit flows from the continent than it gets in aid, and multinational companies were responsible for most of this, African Union Commission chairperson...
read moreRed tape, graft retard Maputo Corridor
08 Aug 2014Greater use by South African shippers of Mozambique’s main port in Maputo would boost the economies of both countries, the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative (MCLI) said on Wed...
read moreResults from FinScope Malawi consumer survey 2014
08 Aug 2014FinMark Trust released the results of its 2014 FinScope Consumer Malawi survey today. The survey measures the current levels of financial inclusion in Malawi and tracks the changes...
read moreEU launches new programme to support Africa’s continental integration
08 Aug 2014The European Commission has launched the first phase of a new programme that will foster Africa’s integration process at continental level – the first ever EU program...
read moreWashington summit considered major boost to U.S-Africa relations
08 Aug 2014
After nearly a week of wheeling and dealing in Washington D.C., business leaders and policy makers from the United States and Africa are calling the first ever U.S.-Africa Leader...
read moreSouth Africa’s initial offer for the Transport Services Sector under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade in Services negotiations
08 Aug 2014Cabinet approved South Africa’s initial transport sector offer under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Trade in Services Negotiations.
The objectives of the SADC...
read moreAsia-Pacific developing countries see ‘subdued’ growth for third straight year – UN report
08 Aug 2014Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are experiencing yet another year of subdued economic growth, marking the third successive year of growth below 6 per cent, according t...
read moreKenya lines up raft of mega-projects on the road to middle income status
08 Aug 2014
A list of multi-billion infrastructure projects was released Wednesday that will be handed over to the private sector in a bid to make Kenya a middle-income status nation.
I...
read moreNew pact aims to expand trade between U.S., West Africa
08 Aug 2014The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) aimed at expanding trade and investment b...
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