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The world is on the right track to make sustainable energy a reality for everyone by 2030, but that can only happen if countries dramatically accelerate their efforts and have acce...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African governments to open their borders, trade with each other and reduce dependency on foreign aid. Speaking at the Pan African Parlia...

For serious economies, local incentives that will assist exporters of value-added products in managing their operational costs and ensuring maximal business profits as well as retu...

Ethiopia is targeting $1 billion of annual investment in industrial parks over the next decade to boost exports and make it Africa’s top manufacturer, a special adviser to Prime ...

The selection: Monday, 18 May African Economic Outlook 2015 This 2015 Outlook’s thematic chapter will focus on regional development and spatial inclusion. It takes an analytica...

Countries in developing Asia have, for the first time, collectively invested more money abroad than countries in the North American and European regions, the latest UNCTAD Global I...

Continued investments in trade infrastructure as well as the dismantling of bureaucratic and procedural barriers to economic integration is positioning the East African Community (...

Opening Statement for the Meeting of AU Ministers of Trade by H.E. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade and Industry African Union Commission on 14 May 2015, Addis Ababa We a...

Manufacturers have decried the way tax incentives offered by the Rwanda Development Board are being implemented by the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA). The Rwanda Association of Ma...

A report by Pricewaterhouse and Coopers (PwC) on ‘Capital Projects & infrastructure in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa: Trends, Challenges and Future Outloo...

Having a regional cross-border payment systems in Africa goes a long way towards easing concerns that have arisen about the general reduction in correspondent banking relationships...

Budget prioritizes consolidation of the Common Market and the move towards the Monetary Union The EAC on Thursday presented Budget estimates for the Financial Year 2015/2016 total...

Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) is a highly controversial issue, with a number of countries currently reassessing their positions. To inform and facilitate this debate, UN...

In Speech Utah Senator Outlines Support for Trade Preferences & Customs Legislation In a speech on the Senate floor today [14 May 2015], Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch...

The Commission of the African Union envisages holding a 2nd African Union Customs Experts Meeting on Coordinated Border Management in Africa from 20-22 May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe...

Lack of access to affordable trade finance is holding back the economic and employment potential of African countries, says Standard Bank. According to the African Development Ban...

The civil society has urged the European Union Delegation to enhance trade ties with Rwanda. This was during a debate and interaction programme at Goethe Institute in Kiyovu on We...

Kenya has approved the sale of the government’s stakes in five sugar companies and expects to sell 75 percent stakes in transactions that will be completed in the next nine to 12...

A roundtable comprising trade experts in the public and private sectors met in Nairobi, Kenya, recently to discuss the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as a catalyst to Africa’...

The discovery of 6.5 billion barrels of oil reserves in the Albertine region of Uganda present an opportunity for the country to generate government revenues for domestic investmen...