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The commodities boom may be over, but sub-Saharan Africa is still experiencing growth, a remarkable fact considering that the continent is a net exporter of primary commodities. By...

This paper focuses on the relationship between regional integration in the Southern African Development Community and national policies. Review of trade, industrial, agricultural, ...

The selection: Tuesday, 30 June Global Review of Aid for Trade starts today The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade gets under way at the WTO’s headquarters on 30 June 2015. T...

A greater and more sustained effort to deepen the integration of developing countries into the global trading system through lower trade costs and fewer barriers between countries ...

Introductory remarks by the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba MP, on the occasion of the Colloquium on a new International Migration paradigm for South Africa in Pretoria on ...

The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade gets under way at the WTO’s headquarters on 30 June 2015. The three-day event will bring together over 1,000 participants from around the...

Development cannot be sustainable if it does not address the challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Member States on Monday as he opened a H...

The IMF’s Executive Board renewed its support for Senegal’s economic and financial policies by approving a third straight endorsement of the West African nation’s policy prog...

The selection: Monday, 29 June Featured tweet, @SAbynumbers: Composition of South African imports 1995-2012 This week, in Geneva: Expert meeting on promoting economic integr...

There is increasing optimism among shipping stakeholders that the Cargo Tracking Scheme to be managed by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) will further improve efficiency at t...

The governments of the East African Community (EAC) have been asked to amend ratification free trade agreements signed between themselves and other nations under the Private Partne...

The East African Community will formally become a Common Market on July 1 despite the aspirations of free movement of goods, services and labour being far from being achieved. ...

Kenya is among the economies that are poised to reap the highest dividends from a rapidly growing population in the next 35 years, London-based Economist magazine says in...

The Trade Related Facility (TRF) programme is established through a Contribution Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), wh...

Tanzania’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has risen by 14.5%, thanks to gas discoveries in the country including Songo Songo. According to newly launched World Investment Repor...

Being part of the global trading community and a participant in the trade liberalisation processes, Namibia cannot stop foreign products from entering the local market. “The onl...

The selection: Friday, 26 June The AU Summit declarations and resolutions have been published in Addis: some highlights AU Declaration on 2015 Year of Women’s Empowerment and D...

Implementation of Key Government Programmes Cabinet welcomed the resolutions adopted at the 25th African Union (AU) Summit which places Africa on a new path of development and gro...

Dodging custom duties or ‘tariffs’ in Tunisia led to huge losses to state revenue and substantial inequality, as politically connected entrepreneurs were especially likely to...

The historic launch of the largest integrated market covering 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa, is a bold move by Africa to reform internal trade. The current economic ...