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The BIR world recycling organisation has welcomed OECD proposals of multilateral action to counter the harmful impact of export restrictions on steelmaking. The advice was given at...

This publication, Local Content Requirements and the Green Economy, is a product of the Trade Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, DITC, UNCTAD. It was ...

COMESA Secretariat is coming up with a model legislation to assist Member States in implementing the One Stop Border Post (OSBP). The model will be shared with Member States early ...

WTO intellectual property negotiators said they were committed to meet the July 2015 deadline for laying down plans on how to complete the Doha Round talks – in their case on how...

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has the worst death toll since the disease was diagnosed in 1976. It also has farreaching socio-economic consequences. Althoug...

As consultations on Agenda 2063 – Africa’s vision and blueprint for economic, human and social development – are reaching a crucial point, the year 2015 will prove key as con...

Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries It is an audacious $4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the world’s poorest countries. At ...

MDGs come to an end in 2015 as the new goals come into effect The first draft of the world’s new development agenda – the Sustainable Development Goals – takes into account ...

Kenya and Tanzania are leading in mergers and acquisitions in East Africa, having recorded over 150 deals since 2010. According to KPMG’s DealSpace: East Africa report, mo...

Delegates from over 190 nations meeting in Lima, Peru have agreed to a text framed as a key stepping stone towards building a new climate regime to come into force at the end of th...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the General Council on 10 December that “2015 is going to be a big year for the WTO” with the celebration of its 20th anniversary and the...

Rwanda’s economic performance since the turn of the century has been remarkable. Strong policies have played a key role in maintaining annual GDP growth at around 8 percent since...

South Africa can celebrate significant progress in its first 20 years of democracy, but faces the challenge of reviving a weak economy and addressing elevated vulnerabilities the I...

Talks on cutting trade tariffs on hundreds of information technology products collapsed on Friday, delaying and potentially scuppering a deal estimated to be worth $1 trillion to g...

Kenya is projecting a 10 per cent drop in earnings from its flower exports as East Africa’s cut-flower industry registers another year of mixed returns. Uganda expects ear...

President John Dramani Mahama and his Kenyan host, President Uhuru Kenyatta, have supervised the signing of seven key agreements to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperati...

WTO members adopted Seychelles’ WTO terms of entry at the General Council meeting on 10 December 2014. Seychelles will have until 1 June 2015 to ratify the deal to formally becom...

You will now be able to work in any of the East African countries without incurring any extra costs starting from next year. Currently it is only in Rwanda where people from...

South Africa sees its ties with China as a partnership which is aligned to the country’s development goals, says Jeff Radebe. It took many by surprise when China became Africa...

Experts have recommended the formalization of the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle (ZMM-GT) by member States in the participating region. This was contained in an outcome s...