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Poorest nations, not just richest, must act to end extreme poverty: campaigners
27 May 2015The world’s rich donor nations must increase their overseas aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding for the poorest countries in order to meet a global goal of end...
read moreSlowdown fears as imports set for tighter screening
27 May 2015Kenya is set to introduce tight screening measures on imports, sparking fears of slow down of cargo clearance at the Mombasa port.
Treasury secretary Henry Rotich said measures ...
read moreAfrica seeks super banker to manage economic frontier
27 May 2015Eight candidates are vying to become the next head of the strategic African Development Bank as the continent is undergoing an economic transformation.
With 80 shareholders – 54...
read moreAssociation urges implementation of ECOWAS Common Tariff to boost regional trade
27 May 2015The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has called for the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) to boost regional trade among member countries.
I...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 26 May 2015
26 May 2015The selection: Tuesday, 26 May
Featured report: African Economic Outlook 2015
Economic Outlook - five thematic chapters
The chapter, Trade policies and regional integ...
read moreAfrica: making growth more inclusive hinges on unlocking potential of local economies, says the African Economic Outlook 2015
26 May 2015Continent should capitalise on youth, develop rural-urban trade corridors
With Africa’s population set to triple by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the c...
read moreAfrican countries to stand up to mega-trading blocs
26 May 2015Senior officials and experts will meet to consider the future of African trade in light of the emergence of mega-trading blocs which exclude more than 160 countries from regional t...
read moreUK pledges further support towards port of Mombasa
26 May 2015The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) have signed a £23million (KES3.5 billion) grant agreement.
The funding is targeted tow...
read moreOn Africa Day, UN chief spotlights continents’ achievements, reflects on challenges of 2015
26 May 2015Each year, Africa Day is an opportunity to celebrate the continent’s achievements and to reflect on its challenges, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Monday, h...
read moreWomen’s empowerment at top of agenda as AfDB launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
26 May 2015Are women and men on a level playing field? That was the question of debate on Monday, May 25 as the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its first-ever Gender Equality Index f...
read moreReliance on trade makes food systems vulnerable
26 May 2015Boosting international trade may not be the best way to improve food security, as it makes many countries vulnerable to food shortages caused by market fluctuations,...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 25 May 2015
25 May 2015The selection: Monday, 25 May
Africa and the New Global Landscape: AfDB 2015 Annual Meetings start today in Abidjan
Bank Governors, usually Finance and Economy Ministers or Centr...
read moreFree trade area to link Cape and Cairo
25 May 2015The Tripartite Free Trade Area stretching from Cape to Cairo – which has been in the works since 2008 – will be launched on 10 June in Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt.
Trade and Ind...
read moreSouth Africa and the United States push for resolution of the chicken issue
25 May 2015South Africa and the United States have agreed to facilitate deliberations between the South Africa Poultry Association (SAPA) and the US Poultry and Egg Export Council towards fin...
read moreContinent is central to SA’s future
25 May 2015Malusi Gigaba writes that our socio-economic development is and must be linked with the rest of Africa for the AU’s Agenda 2063 to be realised.
Africa Day presents a chance for ...
read moreForum seeks to enhance supply of professional services to EAC
25 May 2015Policymakers and professionals will Tuesday meet at a consultative forum in Kigali to review the state of matters in regard to regulation of professional services committed by Rwan...
read moreCustoms Experts gather for the 2nd time in Harare, Zimbabwe to discuss Coordinated Border Management in Africa
25 May 2015A three day African Union Customs Experts meeting organized by the Department of Trade and industry of the African Union Commission, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Revenue...
read moreAccounting for natural resources, green economy key for Africa’s devt
25 May 2015African countries are at a critical juncture in their development trajectories. Confronted with internal challenges of poverty and unemployment, the resource basis of many producti...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 22 May 2015
22 May 2015The selection: Friday, 22 May
ECOWAS Summit: communique
The Heads of State and Government reiterate the importance of the free movement of persons and goods and the Common Extern...
read moreMbeki calls for money control
22 May 2015Former president Thabo Mbeki said there was a need to strengthen the “legal and regulatory framework” to be able to deal with the problem of illicit financial outflows from Afr...
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