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Africa Week 2015 kicked off at Headquarters on Monday with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commending African Member States of the United Nations for taking an “important step” t...

Understanding the opportunities and challenges and making the African Maritime a reality is a must, if Africa aspires to a better and secured future in the context of Agenda 2063. ...

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have used more than $1.2 billion, so far, from their foreign currency reserves since the start of the year to cushion their falling currencies against th...

The third Trade Policy Review of Madagascar was held on 14 and 16 July 2015. It allowed for a better understanding of the evolution of its socio-economic, trade and investment...

A joint declaration on increased cooperation between the WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the area of trade and development was signed on ...

Mauritius plans to launch a trading platform to hedge African currencies against the U.S. dollar, part of a bid to expand its role as a financial hub for the continent, the financi...

The selection: Monday, 12 October Africa’s trade relations: Old friends, good friends and new friends This collection of studies, prepared as part of the ongoing collaboration ...

Johannesburg, October 9th 2015 This lecture honoring Harold Wolpe comes at a time when his contribution is more appreciated than ever before. Although his focus was South Africa h...

One week ago, the World Bank Group announced that the number of people living in extreme poverty was projected to dip below 10% of the world’s population in 2015 for th...

South Africa will probably retain duty-free access for exports to the U.S. worth as much as $1.7 billion a year under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, Trade and Industry Mi...

Statement by Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, at the Thirty-Second Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, 9-10 Octobe...

EALA on 8 October 2015 passed the EAC Electronic Transactions Bill 2014 paving way for the business and corporate world to transact business using digital means. Debater after deb...

Communiqué of the Ministers of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, held in Lima, Peru on October 8, 2015 1. We, the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on Internationa...

A regional investment policy framework for southern Africa is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. The Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI) Directorate at the...

Led by the Philippines, the V20 group say they represent a significant number of nations most vulnerable to climate change – low and middle income, least developed, arid, isthmus...

The selection: Friday, 9 October SARS convenes regional forum on illicit financial flows (SAnews) "Today's session is to formalise the establishment of the forum of Commissi...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo addressed all WTO members on 8 October at a meeting of the General Council in Geneva. He looked ahead to the prospects of success at the WTO’s 1...

Reflecting efforts to boost intra-regional trade and investment, 26 African countries have recently agreed to establish a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) by January 2016. The TFT...

Of the 48 countries designated by the United Nations (UN) as Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 34 are World Trade Organization (WTO) Members and a further eight are in the process ...

As world leaders met at the recent United Nations summit to adopt global goals to end extreme poverty in 15 years, a determination to create broader and more participatory developm...