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The large size of Angolan investments abroad, namely in Portugal, is already reflected in the country’s statistics, which showed that in 2013 Angola was the only country in Afric...

Financial commitments of up to US$1.9 billion were pledged across almost 300 sustainable development partnerships last week at a UN gathering focused on small islands. Over one...

Unfriendly trade policies cripple progress Daily, millions of women in Africa are engaged in one form of trade or another, either within their countries or across national borders...

Nigeria reportedly lost about $10 billion in revenue which should have accrued to the country from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by multinational oil companies over 10 years ...

The State Minister for Works, Mr John Byabagambi said yesterday China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has been cleared by authorities in Beijing-China and has already star...

Pakistan cement makers, facing anti-dumping probes, are unlikely to lose South African market as their offered prices are still attractive for the African importers, industry off...

South Africa on Monday voluntarily suspended its export of citrus fruit to the European Union following the latest reports of traces of the citrus black spot (CBS) on the country...

Lower oil production is set to cut Angola’s economic growth in 2014, before a rebound in the oil industry boosts growth next year. In its regular assessment of the southern...

Zimbabwe’s crumbling industry sector has allowed investors to scoop up struggling companies. The collapse of industry in Zimbabwe has provided a boon for South African com...

The four laggards in ratifying the East African Monetary Union Protocol are pushing their parliaments to endorse the pact within two months. Uganda EAC Affairs Minister Sh...

Kenya Ports of Authority is facing congestion crisis and has issued a notice to shipping lines and agents to limit empty export containers to 500 units per vessel. This ha...

As the Ports Regulator puts finishing touches to the expected guidelines for operators in the ports industry, stakeholders are of the view that the freight forwarders, otherwise po...

Climate change is expensive, and dealing with it will only grow costlier the longer countries, cities, and industries delay reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is th...

The story of Africa’s development is changing. Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are on the continent. Democratic governance has been strengthened over the past fiv...

The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis Senior Research Fellow, Professor Roman Grynberg has criticized the current Southern African Customs Union Revenue Sharing Fo...

New analysis suggests that developing countries are losing a trillion dollars or more each year to tax evasion and corruption facilitated by lax laws in Western countries, raising ...

The current WTO norms limit the value of food subsidies at 10% of the total value of foodgrain production South Africa supports India’s stance at WTO on public fo...

Asian, African emerging nations sounded out The BRICS bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will offer 45 per cent stake in the proposed New Development Ba...

The next round of talks towards clinching an Environmental Goods Agreement is scheduled for mid-September. This paper maps the landscape in which the negotiations are taking place ...

The Federal Government yesterday ratified a thirty-year National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP) that would cost N485 trillion. This is as a document which is to se...