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Africa’s rise challenges the imagination. During the last decade, Sub-Saharan Africa was home to six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies. During the next five years, t...

When the world meets in New York next month to adopt a bold new vision for sustainable development, a key area of concern will be the globe’s burgeoning population, which is pr...

A presentation by Juliet Wanjiku from the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for East and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA), shows that effective trackin...

A speech by the British High Commissioner on the subject of the UK’s Africa Policy Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here at the University of Ghana, for the first time in...

The WTO could not just be a trade forum and it had to keep development in mind, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries Nirmala Sitharaman said in an exclusive intervie...

The selection: Friday, 21 August Today in Kigali: The African Democratic Developmental State symposium   Today in Zanzibar: Currency stability to dominate EAC central bank g...

A key constraint preventing the ANC from achieving the industrial growth it aims for is the national electricity shortage, according to a discussion document issued by the party ah...

Sugar imports from Uganda will only be allowed under the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) rules and not any other special arrangement, the government said Thu...

From 10th to 13th August 2015, the 40th meeting of the Executive Committee and the 27th Council of Ministers meeting, two Policy Organs of the Northern Corridor...

Women entrepreneurs are meeting in Nairobi to explore strategies that would see them step up their participation in business across East Africa. “This conference on women ...

New countries are making the case they can be good homes for manufacturers, a change that China will have to adapt to In the search for competitive costs and acceptable quality, n...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Chairperson of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Mrs. Fatima Beyina-Moussa, discussed c...

The selection: Thursday, 20 August SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap (SADC) The SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015-2063, was approved by the Extra-Ordina...

The SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015-2063, was approved by the Extra-Ordinary Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, in April 2015. The Strategy is premised on the convi...

China and India emerged as Nigeria’s biggest trade partners in the second quarter of 2015, as the country’s total foreign trade value declined by about 0.5 percent, the Foreign...

New measure to promote standards In what might be a major boost to Africa’s economies, the United States (U.S.) has revalidated the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by ...

South African business on Tuesday welcomed the decision by Russia to consider offering visa-free entry for tourists from China, India, Brazil and South Africa as fellow m...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress backed a plan to split legislation governing the oil and gas industry from mining laws as the party begins a review of its policie...

The selection: Wednesday, 19 August SADC Summit: communiqué Summit noted the critical role played by macroeconomic convergence programme in facilitating stability and deepening ...

Communiqué of the 35th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government Gaborone, Botswana August 17-18, 2015 1. The 35th Ordinary meeting of the Summit of the Heads of State and G...