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Extraordinary Summit of the African Union on Employment, Poverty Eradication and Inclusive Development: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
05 Aug 2014In 2004, the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa held in Ouagadougou in September 2004 adopted a Declaration, Plan of Action and...
read moreTrade barriers hurting Uganda’s competitiveness in EAC market
05 Aug 2014
Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde has said non-tariff barriers (NTBs) are greatly affecting Uganda’s competitiveness in the East African market.
Speaking at the commissioning of...
read moreAgoa: Calls for SA to graduate out of the US trade programme
04 Aug 2014In addition to SA’s relatively advanced development, the US disapproves of the country for its ‘antagonism’, focus on Brics, and Middle East position.
As African leaders des...
read moreUS-Africa relations: Southern Africa Position Paper
04 Aug 2014Executive summary
In view of the upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit in August 5-6, 2014, the position paper conducts an assessment of the US-Africa relations with a specific focus on the...
read moreAnalysis: Ten reasons for saying ‘no’ to the north over trade
04 Aug 2014India’s decisive stand last week not to adopt the protocol of amendment of the trade facilitation agreement (TFA) unless credible rules were in place for the development issues o...
read moreSwazi products no longer given tax-free access
04 Aug 2014Swaziland’s agricultural sector and not just the country’s garment industry stands to suffer as Swazi products are no longer given tax-free access to the US market under the Af...
read moreStatement by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, on international developments, 01 August 2014
04 Aug 2014Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our briefing this morning will focus on the upcoming United States-Africa Leaders’ Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Washington DC, United States...
read moreG20 to add extra 2% growth
04 Aug 2014South Africa and the other members of the Group of 20 (G20) global forum will submit plans to the forum’s summit in November on how to grow their combined economies by 2 percent ...
read moreAfrica in China: New knowledge-sharing effort kick-starts collaboration in agricultural productivity
04 Aug 2014Stories about “China in Africa” abound, and regularly make headlines. Now, thanks to a new push, an “Africa in China” narrative has begun to take root with a group of 40 Af...
read moreThe African Dream
04 Aug 2014The dream that the twenty-first century will be the “African Century” is powerful and intoxicating. It is also becoming reality. As African officials gather in Washington, DC, ...
read moreAfDB seeks strategic partnership with Angola
04 Aug 2014The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, was received Monday, July 28 by the President of the Republic of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, at th...
read moreHow sugar soured trade ties between Uganda and Kenya
01 Aug 2014Uganda and Kenya have agreed to lift a ban on cross-border sugar trade, ending a two-year standoff that has threatened to sour bilateral commercial ties. Uganda Revenue Authority C...
read moreThe African Growth and Opportunity Act at 14: The road ahead
01 Aug 2014Testimony of United States Trade Representative Michael Froman Before the Senate Finance Committee on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
July 30, 2014
Washington D.C. ...
read moreIndia’s demands block $1 trillion WTO deal on customs rules
01 Aug 2014The World Trade Organization failed on Thursday to reach a deal to standardise customs rules, which would have been the first global trade reform in two decades but was blocked by ...
read moreCOMESA approves $1billion mergers
01 Aug 2014Common Market for Southern and Eastern Africa (COMESA) has approved over US$1 billion in mergers in nine member states last year.
COMESA competition commission (CCC) chief executi...
read moreStatement by regional leaders on LAPSSET
01 Aug 2014Statement by the Heads of State of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and South Sudan on the Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project
Today [31 July 2014], we h...
read moreMozambique and Japan meet in Tokyo in 2015 to study investments
01 Aug 2014Businesspeople from Mozambique and Japan have agreed, at meetings in Maputo, to meet again in 2015 in Tokyo to continue to study increased Japanese investments in Mozambique, accor...
read moreAt UN-backed meeting, world’s least developed countries urge partnerships to boost productive capacity
31 Jul 2014With the kick-off of the United Nations post-2015 sustainable development agenda fast approaching, ministers and senior Government officials from across the globe have gathered in ...
read moreGrowing the development dividend: U.S. trade policy and global development in the 21st century
31 Jul 2014Remarks by Ambassador Michael Froman at the Brookings Institution, 29 July 2014
A Shared History
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Human progress is neither automatic nor...
read moreIs a monetary union necessary for East Africa?
31 Jul 2014
It is credible to claim that among initiatives for economic integration in sub-Saharan Africa, the East African Community (EAC) is the finest example.
Not only does it have ...
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