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Eight 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...

The 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...

The selection: Tuesday, 26 May Featured report:  African Economic Outlook 2015 Economic Outlook - five thematic chapters The chapter, Trade policies and regional integ...

Continent 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...

Senior 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...

The 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...

Each 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...

Are 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...

Boosting 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,...

The 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...

The 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...

South 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...

Malusi 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 ...

Policymakers 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...

A 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...

African countries are at a critical juncture in their development trajectories. Confronted with internal challenges of poverty and unemployment, the resource basis of many producti...

The 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...

Former 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...

African countries are one step closer to realizing the goals of universal energy access through following a coordinated approach to energy sector development at the country level a...

The fundamental goal of this Administration is to radically transform the South African economy in such a way that it promotes a higher level of more inclusive growth. This is the ...