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The International Data Corporation (IDC) anticipates that 2015 will see closer intra-Africa trade facilitated by ICT initiatives such as payment systems, financial inclusion initi...

As the US and the EU prepare to enter into the largest trade deal in history – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – an arrangement which would complement...

The Priority The legacy of the Obama administration in Africa is very much a work in progress. Several initiatives address genuine opportunities and concerns, yet other aspects of...

Just as development experts predict a mixed year for Nigeria and other countries within the sub-Saharan African region, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) ha...

The oil find in Kenya is attracting billions of dollars in the country, a new survey notes. “Neglected by investors for many years, it was overshadowed by the rapid develo...

The Namibian Meat Board is to seek an urgent independent study on the requirements for animal health and livestock exports to South Africa from the South African authorities as the...

The 13th round of the multilateral negotiations for Algeria’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is planned for the first quarter 2015, said Minister of Commerce, Am...

UNCTAD experts have reviewed the investment policy of the Republic of the Congo and detailed their findings in a report presented and approved at a workshop organized by the Minist...

This paper analyzes Zambian export patterns using a new transaction-level trade data set for the period 1999-2011. The data show that, in international comparison, Zambian expor...

The East African Business Council (EABC) is in the process of developing a code of conduct and ethics for businesses aimed at boosting trade in the region. This will be promoted w...

Each month, Bana Mulenga’s oldest daughter sends her money instantly through her mobile phone, or through the post office, which is near her rural village in Northern Zambia. Mul...

A showdown looms between Kenya and its 18 trading partners from eastern and southern Africa over a bid to extend the country’s three-year restriction of sugar imports into 2015. ...

Traffic police, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) personnel and weighbridge attendants still demand bribes from truck drivers, a new report says. Though the amount of bribes which ...

Kenya’s export revenues dropped by Sh8 billion in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the previous quarter in the same year due to declining earnings from tea and tourism. ...

The 2014 Africa Capacity Report takes a fresh look at an old issue: regional integration, which attracted the attention and interest of leaders and development specialists and part...

The 2015 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) is scheduled for release in March 2015 and will build on the key messages of the previous editions on industrialization and ...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, noting that the WTO will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015, said: “Over the past 20 years, this organization has, on balance, made an impo...

A continental strategy to strengthen regional cotton value chains for poverty reduction and food security Despite its significance in local economies, the African cotton sector is...

Developing countries are losing money through illicit channels at twice the rate at which their economies are growing, according to new estimates released Tuesday. Further, the tot...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s small middle-income countries should implement strong reforms to boost growth and avoid the “middle-income trap,” seminar participants concluded in Mauri...