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By 2016, TMEA would like to see a 10% increase in the total value of exports from the EAC region. TMEA which is funded by a range of development agencies with the aim of growing p...

The 1st Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment (STC-SDLE-1) is scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 24 ...

The African Development Bank the African Union Commission (AUC) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) presented preliminary data on the Africa Regional Integration Index to the ...

Divisions on how best to finalise a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) moved to the fore last week during a New York meeting of delegates charged with hammering out a post...

Much has been written in the media lately on the South African Minister of Police’s recent comments that the country wants to modify or withdraw its current commitments under the...

The private sector in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is having limited impact on the development of regional economic dynamics, an official has said. SADC is cur...

With just months to go before the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), discussions have been heating up in Washington, DC on how to proceed with a rene...

The East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), on 1 April 2015 launched a programme on Strengthening Insti...

Financing transformation, common Africa position, data revolution and private sector funding take centre stage Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn and Paul Kagame, Pr...

The 18th Summit of the Authority of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) was held at the African Union Complex, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 30 to 31 Ma...

Extracts from the 2015 Budget for the Republic of Namibia, tabled by Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein on Tuesday, 31 March 2015. ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE – RESULTS-BASED MANAGEM...

South Africa’s trade deficit narrowed in February as oil imports fell and gold and diamond exports increased. The trade gap shrank to 8.5 billion rand ($700 million) from a reco...

The United States has ratcheted up its bid for South Africa to grant access to US poultry products, with 13 US Senators writing to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies this week ...

DHL expects 2015 to be a year of growth for the logistics industry on the African continent In line with Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) projected economic growth of 4.9% this year, ...

This note provides an overview of the state of play of the political process on NTM policies in the SADC region and presents a non-technical summary of methodologies to assess the ...

At the very outset I would like to thank, Her Excellency, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the entire Commission for providing free of cha...

“This meeting is taking place at a critical time for Africa when the need for integration is paramount for Africa,” said the AUC Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma during ...

South Africa, the world’s biggest orange exporter after Spain and Egypt, will avoid citrus shipments through Spanish ports to avert a possible ban after authorities there refused...

Ghana and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the automatic exchange of tax information in order to avoid and combat fiscal fraud, and to ensure tax...

Commonwealth trade experts and senior government officials have issued a set of recommendations to advance the trade interests of least developed countries, small states and sub-Sa...