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After 10 years of negotiations, the Southern African Development Countries (SADC) has initialed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, beating an October ...

Tanzania risks having its products locked out of the rest of East Africa from November, as it lags behind in adopting harmonised regional standards. The harmonised standards...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in his report to the General Council on 25 July as chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee, said that there had been “a very good level of en...

Ugandan traders’ failure to exploit the huge American market under AGOA agreement is due to the private sector’s failure to produce enough and good quality products, an offic...

Aid for Trade (AfT) is one of several global initiatives launched, over the years, to help developing countries to integrate into the global economy through trade. It was launched ...

Trade and Industry Minister Calle Schlettwein believes ‘jobless growth’ is a phenomenon partly caused by an over-reliance on raw material exports, which is currently one of the...

As global investors and business leaders look to Africa as the next region of transformative economic growth, they are paying increasing attention to Nigeria. With about 170 m...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and their Kenyan counterparts have finally resolved the sugar trade dispute which has been raging between the two countries over the source of su...

Reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience are critical to securing human development progress, the United Nations says in a flagship report released today that ...

Is Africa Rising? In the past decade Africa has emerged in the world’s consciousness in the context of an evolution in the continent’s image. Africa is not yet seen as the pla...

It is indeed a privilege to participate in this dti budget vote, the first of the fifth administration of our democratic order. At the outset I wish to welcome the new M...

“Building Linkages to Break Barriers” 11th to 15th August 2014 Nairobi, Kenya The Bureau of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in partnership with the UNDP Regi...

Tanzanians transferred more cash more via their mobile phones than the entire banking system in 2013, with official data showing that mobile transactions reached almost Sh29 trilli...

Eight months after its launch, the East African Payments System (EAPS) has registered modest success, lowering the cost of money transfer and elevating the East African Community...

Addressing key obstacles in its export sector would help Ethiopia to tap into its significant export potential and further facilitate its economic transformation, according to a ne...

The Zimbabwe Sugar Association is to host the Annual Conference of the Federation of SADC Sugar Producers on July 23 2014 in Victoria Falls. This is the first time that Zimbabwe h...

In a move welcomed by European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, and by European Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Cioloş, the chief negotiators of the European Union and...

Trade union federation, Cosatu, has attended the third BRICS trade union forum, held on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Brazil. The delegation, led by General Secretary Zwelin...

Africa has moved from third-last to become the second-most attractive investment destination in just four years from 2011 to this year, according to EY’s Africa Attractiveness Su...

International organizations pledge their support for implementing Trade Facilitation Agreement A new initiative unveiled at the WTO on 22 July 2014 will help developing countries ...