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Africa50, the new and innovative infrastructure investment platform promoted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) held its Constitutive General Assembly on the 29th of July ...

FAO assists countries in implementing the ports accord on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing A growing number of countries are ratifying an international agreement to com...

Recognizing that wild animals and plants are an “irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the Earth,” the United Nations General Assembly on 30 July urged its Member States...

Preamble The Regional Conference on Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa was organised by the United Nations Economic Commis...

Kenya faces a dilemma over continued protection of its manufacturers amid risk of reprisals from other World Trade Organisation (WTO) members aggrieved by its actions. The globa...

The selection: Thursday, 30 July The Tripartite Free Trade Agreement: results of Phase One of the negotiations (tralac) An important question to be answered is whether this ...

Concerns over inclusion feature in 10 of the 17 sustainable development goals that are set to replace the Millennium Development Goals, which expire this year. Such a focus on incl...

United Nations responds to sovereign debt crises by adopting principles, with UNCTAD support, that could underlie a new legal framework and regulatory mechanisms. In what was hail...

Can we use the revenues generated from oil, gas and minerals to reduce the gender gap in countries with abundant natural resources? We found a statistically significant negative c...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) partnered with the OECD in 2013 to create an Investment Policy Framework (IPF) specific to the SADC region. This framework is...

For any economy that wants to achieve sustainable growth, policy formulation must put support to Small-and-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as a central component of any sector strategy. ...

The selection: Wednesday, 29 July Remarks by President Obama to the People of Africa (AU) Many of your nations have made important reforms to attract investment – it’s b...

At a meeting of the WTO’s General Council on 28 July, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said it remains very unlikely that a clearly defined work programme on the remaining Doha ...

A new commitment to regional trade in the region is needed to accelerate agricultural production, boost growth and ensure adequate food for more people, according to a new World Ba...

The African financial services industry is rapidly evolving as a result of advancing technology which is fueling innovation and growth in the sector. While the sector is mature in ...

African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 July 2015 Good afternoon! Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, for your kind words and your leadership. To Prime Minister Haile...

The Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill has been tabled in Parliament on following an extensive public consultation process. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Dav...

South Africa, Namibia and Botswana are on Tuesday meeting to discuss the importance of shared groundwater resources and the best approaches to equally share them. This is the firs...

The selection: Tuesday, 28 July To follow the @ICTSD/SAIIA Regional Trade discussion: #SADCintegration, @markschoeman SADC Energy Ministers: communique Ministers resolved to fas...

The 34th Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Energy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held on the 24th of July 2015, at the Sandton Convention Centre, i...