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The selection: Tuesday, 9 June Dangote and the changing African industrial landscape (ThisDay)   The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote's decision to inject a fresh...

Think Ahead. Act Together. We, the leaders of the G7, met in Elmau for our annual Summit on 7 and 8 June 2015. Guided by our shared values and principles, we are determined to wor...

Over the past decade, foreign direct investment (FDI), in terms of stock, tripled in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), and quadrupled in l...

Despite the presence of ‘outreach guests’ from Africa at the G7 summit in Bavaria, relations between Africa and Europe can be acrimonious. Kenyans accused the EU of using ‘bl...

The Chinese government has reportedly expressed readiness to bankroll the proposed East African standard gauge railway (SGR) but has asked that partners on the multi-billion Northe...

“Africa needs to adopt policies to transform its natural resources into human capital and better living standards for its citizens and learn from the existing good practices on t...

The Heads of State of the Northern Corridor member states; Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda met on 6th June 2015 at Muyonyo Speke Resort for the 10th Northern Corridor Integration Projects...

The selection: Monday, 8 June TFTA: 'Speed up integration to stem illegal migration' (COMESA)   The African leadership will need to speed up the implementation of the inte...

The African leadership will need to speed up the implementation of the integration agenda as the continent urgently needs to create jobs for the over 60 percent of its population w...

Boosting agriculture, services and value chains is key to Africa’s competitiveness In Africa, economic growth has risen steadily for the past 15 years and rapid population growt...

South Africa’s “chicken war” with the US has been resolved, removing a barrier to the renewal of a key trade agreement. Restrictions on US poultry imports to South Africa had...

Next month Africa will take a bold step towards integration with the launch of negotiations for the Continental Free Trade Area (the CFTA). A trader in Ghana with dreams of breakin...

The opportunity to fund Africa’s infrastructure was huge and wise investors should move and get involved in financing this development, President Jacob Zuma said last week. “A...

OECD Ministers have endorsed updated guidelines to help national governments and regional groups create the right conditions to attract domestic and foreign investment. Ministers ...

The proposed new regional economic bloc, that would merge the East African Community, Southern African Development Community (SADC) and COMESA blocs, will only see Namibian cabinet...

Ministers and senior Government officials on 4 June rallied the international community in a Call to Action, capping off a three-day meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, which aimed to ...

The selection: Friday, 5 June Namibia: Cabinet seeking to finalize outstanding issues on TFTA before approval (New Era) The proposed new regional economic bloc, that would m...

The selection: Thursday, 4 June WEF Africa: updates from IOL Northern Corridor experts meet ahead of presidential summit (New Times) Senior officials and experts from ...

The 2015 Africa Attractiveness Survey conducted by Ernst and Young (EY) revealed that foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa reached US$128bn, up 136 per cent in 2014. The nu...

Africa continues to grow at a moderately rapid pace, despite weaker global growth Africa entered the twenty-first century with promising economic prospects. Over the past decade, ...