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Government has suspended export tax on unbeneficiated platinum until January 1, 2017, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said in the 2015 National Budget s...

Modernization in least developed countries requires economic diversification and more jobs, new report says A major shift in policies aimed at upgrading and diversifying the econo...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, at a meeting of the General Council on 27 November, congratulated members for adopting decisions related to public stockholding for food security...

A briefing note Transfer pricing in mining: An African Perspective, has been published by IM4DC, the World Bank (WBG) and the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) at Th...

Tanzania and Brazil are finalising the establishment of the regional cotton centre at Ukiriguru in Mwanza Region to improve seedling and train farmers on better farming techno...

The President of the Republic of South Africa Mr Jacob Zuma and the President of the People’s Republic of China Mr Xi Jingpin will meet next month in Beijing, China, and exchange...

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon. P.A. Chinamasa presented the 2015 National Budget on 27 November 2014. The 2015 National Budget, which is under the theme “...

President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday sided with Uganda businessmen accusing Kenya of blocking their products from accessing the Kenyan market. Addressing the public during...

The Zambian Government says there is need for stakeholders to acknowledge the role that harmonisation standards play in the socio-economic development of any country. Ministry...

Background In January 2012, the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government approved an Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African trade and the establishment of a Continen...

The G20 Leaders, after their Summit in Brisbane, Australia, issued a communiqué on 16 November 2014. The Communiqué emphasized “trade” as a powerful driver for eco...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) organized a fourth Training Course under its Customs Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme 2013-2016 from 17 to 20 November 2014 at...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have joined forces to produce an Africa Regional...

Financing development in Africa has proved to be difficult in the past, compelling the continent to rely on external sources including overseas development assistance. This type of...

Since the launch of the Visa Africa Integration Index in 2013 the African economy has extended its best period of economic growth on record by delivering growth of 4.8 percent...

A whooping $16 million (about Rwf11bn) fund has been set aside for innovators who can come up with effective strategies to cut costs on transport and logistics in East Africa. The...

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Unite...

Gabon’s top trade official told a meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 17 November 2014 that it has concluded negotiations with WTO members on compensation for changes to...

The projects selected to accelerate the process of diversification of Angola’s economy over the next three years have an estimated cost of US$22.7 billion, Angola’s Economy Min...

The African Minerals Geoscience Initiative (AMGI) is a pan-African initiative under the leadership of the Africa Union Commission for the collection, consolidation, interpretation ...