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As expected, African exports to China down 42% in value Recently announced trade data by China’s customs office reflects our expectations for the harm in terms of the value of A...

In times of weak growth and limited fiscal resources government policies that promote greater domestic competition and improve the regulatory environment could lift growth and supp...

2016 Budget Speech by Honourable O.K. Matambo, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, delivered to the National Assembly on 1st February 2016 I. INTRODUCTION Madam Speaker...

Addis Ababa, 29 January 2016 Today, on behalf of the NEPAD Agency, I have had the privilege to address a speech to the 34th NEPAD HSGOC in Addis Ababa. I have presented some ...

The 26th African Union Summit was an opportunity for African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina to share his vision for the Bank and the continent in the coming years.&nbs...

Keeping the world below the 2 degrees Celsius pathway presents a US$12.1 trillion investment opportunity over the next 25 years, a new analysis states. The report Mapping the...

Washington, D.C., 28 January 2016 Mr. Ambassador, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee: It is a great pleasure to appear today for this public hearing on the topic of trad...

This document contains information provided by SADC at the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee meeting of 4-6 November 2015 under Agenda Item 4 (Update by Observers). Elim...

The selection: Monday, 1 February 2016 Today, in Gaborone: Botswana's 2016 Budget Speech. Twitter updates: @BWGovernment Today, in Addis: the US-Africa Business Summit. Twitter u...

The Governor of the Bank of Botswana, Ms. Linah Mohohlo, and the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Min Zhu, hosted on 29 January 2016 in Gaborone, Bo...

Why a political economy study of regional organisations in Africa? Regional cooperation and regional integration are deemed vital to tackle development challenges that cannot be s...

Less than two months after 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, the global community is already seein...

Head of the African Union (AU) Presidential Infrastructure Championing Initiative, President Jacob Zuma, says reliable roads, railways and airports will help spur Africa's economic...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released trade statistics for December 2015 that recorded a trade surplus of R8.22 billion. This figure includes trade data with Botswa...

The regional business community has criticised the EAC Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade Bill 2015, saying it needs extensive changes in order to be effective. The...

On Thursday, 28 January 2016 at the Powering Africa Summit, Power Africa partners launched a roadmap to meet President Obama’s goals of adding 30,000 megawatts and 60 million con...

The selection: Friday, 29 January 2016 Later today, from Pretoria: South Africa's December trade data figures will be released Call for papers: COMESA-ACBF capacity building proj...

Deal making in East Africa’s natural resources sector slumped in 2015 due to the falling price of commodities in the international market. The annual financial review by Burbidg...

Countries where agriculture is a major economic activity have greater room for improving key regulations that govern the agribusiness sector, a new World Bank report finds. In con...

Experts have called on Africa’s three trade blocs of COMESA, EAC and SADC to expedite the harmonisation of rules of origin to boost industrialisation and intra-regional trade on ...