Tag: Economic Development

South Africans must not become complacent with current gross domestic product growth levels, and all stakeholders must make the effort to ensure sustainable economic growth. This w...

Starting today, in Dar es Salaam: Tanzania oil and gas congress. A DW commentary: Gas and oil key in East African integration UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board began its 64th...

Strong leadership, macro-economic stability, adequate infrastructure, entrepreneurial skills, tax reforms and African ownership of the Compact with Africa process were issues high ...

Featured tweet, @MaureenAAchieng (IOM Ethiopia Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA, IGAD): @AUC_DPA Continental free movement in Africa is a step closer after 3 days o...

Ghana hosts first CWA Ministerial Meeting The first meeting of Finance Ministers from the seven African countries – Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, ...

On September 6, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed the 2017 Article IV Consultation with Ghana as well as the fourth review of the arrangement u...

Featured consultancy on the SADC Trade Protocol: TOR for sugar sector study Forthcoming African trade and development events: (i) 11th Joint Consultative meeting between AUPSC, U...

Profiled African trade, regional integration, infrastructure events: (i) Update on the outcome of third meeting of the CFTA Technical Working Groups (20 August – 1 September, Du...

Finance Ministers from seven African countries participating in the G20 Compact with Africa (CWA or the Compact) initiative will meet as a group for the first time in Accra, Ghana ...

Starting, today in Accra: ACBF’s 26th Board of Governors Meeting on the theme Enhancing access to and absorption of development resources in Africa. The Atlantic Council launche...

African economies tend to be less integrated into the world economy than those in other emerging regions. But this does not mean that they are immune to shocks from outside the con...

Interim EPA between the EU and the Eastern and Southern African States: report by the WTO Secretariat The Interim Agreement establishing a Framework for an Economic Partnership Ag...

Rwanda’s trade deficit significantly in the first six months of 2017 by over 25 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year, new data shows. According to the latest ...

Starting today, in Maputo: Mozambique hosts Tokyo International Conference on African development The meeting, which is taking place for the first time in Mozambique, has already ...

African nations will have more resources at their disposal to meet the Sustainable Development Goals if their national revenue authorities can boost tax collection. The United Nati...

Featured tweet, @UrugwiroVillage: President Kagame is now (Saturday) hosting AU Reforms meeting with President Conde, AU Chair Moussa Faki, as well as a few former African Heads of...

The present report summarises information on trends in international public and private capital flows to developing countries, options to address financial stress in developing cou...

Concluding today, in Kampala: ATAF, URA, AfDB high-level dialogue on the nexus between tax policy and tax administration Concept note (pdf): Much of the traditional tax regime for...

Profiled tweet, @jattamensah: In Addis on 9/8/17, @_AfricanUnion finance ministers agreed to meet financing targets set in 2015 by 2020 Finance Ministers of the AU Member States: ...

African Union Finance Ministers met from 7-9 August 2017 to accelerate implementation of the decisions of the Assembly of Heads of States and Government in Johannesburg (2015), Kig...