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Sustainability of sugar industry to be under severe strain – SSA
13 Jun 2014Swaziland Sugar Association (SSA) Chief Executive Officer Mike Matsebula says the sustainability of the sugar industry will be under severe strain for the next few years.
He said ...
read moreGlobal manufacturing recovering but growth prospects for developing and emerging industrial economies remain fragile
13 Jun 2014World manufacturing has entered a phase of steady growth after a prolonged period of recession. Global manufacturing output rose 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, the high...
read moreAfrica, Brazil, China may back India on WTO caps
13 Jun 2014
Food security subsidies are in danger
Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher has said that India is eager to find permanent protection for its food subsidies from WTO caps.
The ...
read moreObama’s high-risk Africa Summit
12 Jun 2014The president is breaking with tradition during a meeting with more than 50 African leaders.
In eight weeks, Washington, D.C., will see another historic event: the first U.S.-Afri...
read moreUsing trade policy to address renewable energy access challenges in Africa
12 Jun 2014What role can trade policy play in tackling the various challenges that prevent a large-scale deployment of renewable energy systems in Africa?
Estimates from the Internatio...
read moreAfrican states warned: Don’t rush to sign EPAs
12 Jun 2014Former President Benjamin Mkapa has warned African countries not to rush into signing the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) saying domestic industries will be affected and many...
read moreBRICS emerging nations close to launching bank; to start lending in 2016
11 Jun 2014The five BRICS nations will likely agree to fund their $100 billion development effort equally, giving them the same rights in a new multilateral bank that could start lending in t...
read moreNew evidence on Africa’s integration into global value chains
11 Jun 2014This year’s African Economic Outlook shows that Africa’s integration into global value chains (GVCs) is greater than one might have expected – in fact, Africa is th...
read moreNairobi plans budget around $1.5b Eurobond even as tourism suffers
11 Jun 2014Kenya is looking to speed up growth in the coming financial year with a slew of medium-term policy projects that will send the government on an unprecedented borrowing spree and ra...
read moreDoing Business 2014: Southern African Development Community (SADC)
10 Jun 2014Introduction
Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant r...
read moreRegion moves towards harmonising mining policies
10 Jun 2014
Seven nations from south and east Africa are moving towards adopting a uniform set of mining policies that would harmonise royalty charges on their minerals.
Kenya, Tanzania...
read moreNew bill puts SA in breach of treaties
10 Jun 2014The Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill is of grave concern to foreign investors. Foreign investment is one of the most crucial mechanisms for South Africa to spur ...
read moreThe Brussels G7 Summit Declaration
09 Jun 20141. We, the Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commissi...
read moreNigeria is AfDB’s largest shareholder, Okonjo-Iweala says
09 Jun 2014The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says Nigeria is the largest shareholder in the African Development Bank (AfDB) with the highest voting power of 9.2 per cent.
Okon...
read moreImmigration overhaul
09 Jun 2014New Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba appears to have been deployed to oversee a complete overhaul of South Africa’s immigration laws that go much deeper than the amendments of...
read moreAfrican countries feel cornered in EU trade negotiations
06 Jun 2014The EU is anxious to finalise talks with Africa over a planned Economic Partnership Agreement. If negotiators do not seal the deal by 1 October, preferential access to the EU’s i...
read moreSA’s red tape ‘limits Nigerian companies investing’
06 Jun 2014Nigerian companies have a “huge appetite” for investing outside the country, says the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce.
But regulatory restrictions on equity ownership...
read moreUN group chairs unveil zero draft for Sustainable Development Goals
06 Jun 2014A UN group tasked with formulating a proposed set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) will for the first time consider a zero draft of a possible text at their next m...
read moreSingapore to boost economic ties with Africa
05 Jun 2014Third edition of Africa Singapore Business Forum sets the stage for stronger trade and investment flows between both markets
1. Singapore has emerged the largest investor in...
read moreWriting Africa off is a mistake
05 Jun 2014May 25 marked Africa Day, an opportunity to celebrate the continent’s potential and its new-found economic dynamism. And yet, despite a record of growth rates consistently outper...
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