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The European Union (EU) has given Zimbabwe €234m, it said on Monday, the first time the government has received EU aid since 2002. The EU has gradually eased biting sanctions to...

Nairobi is the most intelligent city in Africa according to a report released by The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). Nairobi has been listed among the 21 most intelligent cities...

Speaker Kidega promises Assembly’s support Employers and the trade union fraternity in the region now want the EAC to speedily and fully implement the Common Market Protocol. Th...

Ministers and Deputy Ministers Directors-General and Senior Managers Ladies and gentlemen of the media Welcome to the International Cooperation, Trade and Security (ICTS) cluste...

The CEO Roundtable of Tanzania has criticised proponents of ‘rising African economic growth’, saying they are giving unjustifiable reasons because African countries are still...

About one million farmers in Africa will benefit from a global mobile survey platform that will give them access to data in emerging markets by way of SMS or voice recording, inc...

A new code to make Rwanda the destination of choice for capital flows in the region has passed through the lower house of Parliament and now awaits a decision from the upper cham...

South African retail giant, Massmart, is expected to make its entry in Kenya this May with the opening of the Sh23 billion Garden City shopping mall on Thika Road. Interesti...

In a concerted push to revive agriculture and avert hunger in Ebola-hit countries, the World Bank Group has mobilized up to $15 million in emergency financing to provide a record 1...

The creation of a coherent and synergistic strategy that marries the post-2015 development agenda, new methods of financing and efforts to reach a new climate change agreement is k...

The BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is debating setting up a green fund under the New Development Bank to support green projects and technologies to pr...

Cut flower exporters are likely to get refunds up to Sh300 million for tax incurred within the European Union between October 1 and December 24 when the duty-free regime had lapsed...

Introductory Remarks by Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba for Third Roundtable on International Migration: Intra-regional migration within SADC and implications for Internationa...

The Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) Summit previously scheduled for mid this month, in Kigali, has been postponed to early March. Monique Mukaruliza, the national co...

Ugandans will soon enjoy a better East African Community (EAC) experience when we operationalise the Ministry of East African Community (MEACA) outpost/ support centre at the Bus...

Executive Summary In November 2011, the Board approved the Bank’s Regional Integration Strategy Paper for West Africa 2011-2015 (WA-RISP), covering a grouping of 15 member count...

South Africa’s government is committed to expanding its mining industry, Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi told the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Tuesday. “...

The government has embarked on a project to develop three One Stop Inspection Stations (OSISs) to reduce non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to trade which inhibit intra-trade in the East A...

The Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) has rejected an audit report that showed it was abusing the bloc’s funds. The audit, tabled before the East African Legislati...

Has the predominance of the agricultural sector in Southern Africa translated into food and nutrition security in the region? Evidently not! Food security remains a major...