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OECD-AfDB seminar on addressing policy impediments to private investment in African infrastructure
29 Jul 2014Discussions related to fostering private investment in Africa’s infrastructure have multiplied in recent years. There is widespread recognition that the continent’s infrastruct...
read moreNigeria: Illicit flows and corporate tax dodgers compound poverty
29 Jul 2014In a recent speech, President Obama criticized corporate entities avoiding tax remittances through the exploitation of legal tax loopholes in a practice known as tax inversion. Rec...
read moreWTO’s Least Developed Countries submit collective request on Services waiver
29 Jul 2014Earlier this week, the WTO’s poorest members, known as the Least Developed Country (LDC) Group, submitted a collective request regarding the preferential treatment they would lik...
read moreAfrican Economic Outlook 2014: Regional Edition - Southern Africa
28 Jul 2014The African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2014 Regional Editions are now available. An extract from the Southern Africa report is reproduced below. Click here to download.
Overview
In S...
read moreSADC finally signs EU trade deal
28 Jul 2014After 10 years of negotiations, the Southern African Development Countries (SADC) has initialed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, beating an October ...
read moreTanzanian products could be locked out of market
28 Jul 2014
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...
read moreAzevêdo reports “very good level of engagement” on Doha Round work programme
28 Jul 2014Director-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...
read moreAGOA failure blamed on private sector
28 Jul 2014
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...
read moreAid for Trade funds can help advance infrastructure development in Africa
25 Jul 2014Aid 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 ...
read more‘We are exporting jobs’ – Schlettwein
25 Jul 2014Trade 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...
read moreNigeria’s renewal: Delivering inclusive growth
25 Jul 2014As 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...
read moreUganda, Kenya finally resolve sugar disagreement
25 Jul 2014The 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...
read morePersistent vulnerability threatens human development, warns flagship UN report
25 Jul 2014Reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience are critical to securing human development progress, the United Nations says in a flagship report released today that ...
read moreBeyond Africa rising: Future of global economy’s ‘last frontier’
25 Jul 2014Is 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...
read morethe dti Budget Vote Address: Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, 22 July 2014
24 Jul 2014It 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...
read moreAfrican Women Business Linkages Forum
24 Jul 2014“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...
read moreHow Tanzanians banked last year
24 Jul 2014Tanzanians 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...
read moreMoney payment system registers success in EAC
24 Jul 2014
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...
read moreUnleashing the potential of Ethiopia’s export industry
24 Jul 2014Addressing 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...
read moreZim to host SADC Sugar Producers’ conference
24 Jul 2014The 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...
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