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Mozambique Economic Update: Less poverty, but more inequality

15 Nov 18 News

As Mozambique begins to emerge from a two-year economic downturn, a new World Bank report warns that the country’s fiscal outlook remains fragile. Buoyed by a drop in inflation ...

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14 Nov 18 News

Today’s trade-related event postings: Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, this morning, launched the Uganda Trade Information Portal. A related update from Rwanda. The Govern...

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06 Nov 18 News

SADC Business Council foundational meeting: @SthrnAfrcaTrust updates Tomorrow, 7 November, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Johannesburg Airport, @SthrnAfrcaTrust and @TheNBF will host t...

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30 Oct 18 News

Alert: The Doing Business 2019 report will be released tomorrow (Wednesday) Featured newsletter: African Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Monitor #32 Featured trade commentaries: R...

Trends in FDI and cross-border investments in Compact with Africa countries

29 Oct 18 News

The second edition of the Compact with Africa (CwA) investment monitoring report provides an update of country and sector-level trends in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) flows and...

A scoping study of illicit financial flows impacting Uganda

16 Oct 18 News

Propensity for misinvoicing merits serious attention in Uganda, says new Global Financial Integrity study There are always political risk and capacity gaps in coordinating governm...

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11 Oct 18 News

Kenya Economic Update: In search of fiscal space – who benefits from government spending and taxation? (World Bank) The report builds on the options to enhance domestic revenue ...

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09 Oct 18 News

Featured tweet, @RencapMan: Who’s got the biggest economy in Africa in 2018? If you use the NGN325 exchange rate, it is Nigeria. If you use the market rate, South Africa has retu...

IMF Executive Board 2018 Article IV Consultation with Botswana

06 Sep 18 News

Botswana: Mining a New Growth Model Botswana is one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has truly benefited from its mineral wealth. Revenues from diamond mines, combi...

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14 Aug 18 News

African freight volumes, passenger demand: IATA’s June analysis Freight trends: All regions except Africa reported a year-on-year increase in freight volumes in June 2018, but ...

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08 Aug 18 News

Towards an EAC Regional Intellectual Property Policy: 15 August is closing date for completion of a questionnaire to inform the policy Netpreneurs event: “Let’s make Afri...

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26 Jul 18 News

BRICS Business Forum: selected highlights President Xi Jinping's address: Keeping abreast of the trend of the times to achieve common development We are witnessing major c...

US gas roadmap to power and light sub-Saharan Africa

25 Jul 18 News

Kenya and Tanzania are among nine African countries set to benefit from an ambitious US-led initiative to invest in gas-powered power plants. The Gas Roadmap for sub-Saharan Afric...

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03 Jul 18 News

Updated: tralac’s AfCFTA Ratification Barometer UNU-WIDER has posted an early view of the forthcoming book Industries without Smoke-stacks: Industrialization in Africa reconside...

Nigeria’s export earnings rise by 10% to $14.4bn in Q1 2018

03 Jul 18 News

Brief on Balance of Payments Statistics for First Quarter of 2018 The provisional Balance of Payments (BOP) estimates for Q1 2018 showed a significant improvement in the country...

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29 Jun 18 News

A reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...

Australia’s trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa: Inquiry report

29 Jun 18 News

On 13 June 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 February 2018: Australi...

Tanzania Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Update 2017

26 Jun 18 News

Boosting growth and prosperity through agribusiness, extractives, and tourism The Tanzania Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) 2017 identifies priority actions in support of...

Namibia’s trade analysis for 2017

12 Jun 18 News

An update by the Namibia Trade Forum The total value of exports in 2016 was N$ 66 billion, which dropped by -5% in 2017 to N$ 63 billion. Imports also reduced by -10% (N$ 9.5 bill...

IMF Executive Board 2018 Article IV Consultation with Angola

12 Jun 18 News

Angola: The Road to Economic Reform The IMF recently completed its annual health check of the Angolan economy and found that the country, under a new administration, has...