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The South African Minister for Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana has reiterated his country’s support of India’s stand on public food stock-holding for food security at the WTO. “...

A multilateral approach to trade rules should allow room for proactive trade and industrial policies for sustained and inclusive growth As the international community sets about d...

The government will come out with a new Foreign Trade Policy, 2014-19 within the next two to three months to increase the exports. Showcasing the government performance here ...

Uganda’s Minister for East African Community (EAC) Affairs Hon. Shem Bageine will officially open the annual EAC Secretary General’s Forum for Private Sector, Civil...

The much-needed foreign direct Investment (FDI) required to revive the country’s ailing industry can best be attracted through effective marketing and perception management, an o...

Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Cader Sayed Hossen Wednesday indicated that Mauritius will soon set up a National Export Strategy to address trade opportunities and challe...

Lessons for Namibia from the 2nd Brazil-Africa Forum 2014 Last week I moderated a session, titled ‘Africa and South America: Challenges for connecting the two continents’, one...

The Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) has launched an investigation into Freshmark, Checkers and Shoprite outlets for mislabelling fresh produce. The enterprises have labelle...

Total merchandise trade of the G7 and BRIICS economies combined was broadly stable in the second quarter of 2014, with exports rising 1.5% and imports falling 0...

Excitement as estimate of Uganda’s oil reserves jump to 6.5 billion barrels On Aug.28, the government revised upwards the country’s petroleum resources by over 85% to about 6....

The Southern Africa region has continued on a positive economic growth path with significant differences in growth rates among countries in the region.  Mozambique, Zambia an...

The ILO, along with other international organizations - including OECD, IMF and the World Bank, have produced a number of reports on employment issues that have been prepared to in...

Extracts from the 2014/15 Budget Statement, delivered in the National Assembly of the Republic of Malawi by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Honourable Gooda...

Major players in the South African poultry industry are asking Namibia’s High Court to set aside the restrictions on the importation of poultry products that the Minister of Trad...

Rwanda looks to focus on oil re-exports as it continues to seek ways that could expand its export earnings and strengthen the country’s foreign exchange reserve position. Acco...

Big-block trade agreements or ‘mega-regionals’, revolving around one or more major powers, are the latest trend in trade policy negotiations. ASEAN is involved in two: the Amer...

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will from next week jointly collect custom taxes on sugar, dealing a blow to cartels involved in dumping of the commodity in the regional markets. T...

Visiting director Jose da Silva briefed about subsidy stance Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to take the lead ...

Critics say Uganda should not sign because EPAs will lead to more poverty and not development in poor countries October 1, 2014 is an important date in the ten-year old trade ne...

The government of Ethiopia is on the move of joining the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area (FTA) which enables the country to have preferential...