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Indonesia, with a GDP of over US$1.3 trillion (N$15 trillion), believes it is inconceivable that its trade with Namibia is only worth N$37 million annually. The Asian country says...

Auditor General Anna Chifungula says the extent of corruption in the mining industry requires serious intervention. In an interview following a Millennium Development Goals (MDG) ...

A delegation of the European Union, EU, to Nigeria on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to enhance the export of Nigerian ...

Legislators and regulators should assist African businesses to take advantage of the benefits of factoring as a trade finance instrument by creating enabling environments for the f...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Africa Commissioner, Günter Nooke issued harsh criticism of the EU’s joint free trade deal with multiple African countries, claiming the EPA ...

It is no longer a secret. The world is fast running out of traditional energy sources such as coal. Furthermore, emissions from these fossil fuels have increased climate warming an...

The inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) will be held from 11 to 14 November 2014, at the African Union Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CLPA 2014 i...

Public institutions providing finance to businesses in developing countries are channelling billions of euros through secretive tax havens, a report published today (4 No...

Commerce minister makes strong case for food subsidy to poor India on Sunday exuded confidence that the current impasse over the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and f...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he sees momentum building for a Washington-backed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the fi...

Some analysts have slammed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for its frequent postponement of the deadline for the adoption of a single currency. The new dead...

The European Union has rescinded its earlier statement that Kenyan farmers will find it difficult to find market in the EU if the country adopts genetically modified crops. ...

South African blue-chip companies have ended up on the wrong side of a soured R3.7-billion Mozambican port deal, including Esor Franki and law firm Bowman Gilfillan. South African...

Kenya plans to pursue individuals who use offshore companies to evade taxes and commit other economic crimes, after the government announced it will endorse an international conv...

Landlocked countries can improve their connectivity by strengthening cooperation with their transit neighbors and other global partners, as well as pursuing specific actions to red...

Kenya’s rebased economy will not grow as fast as initially projected, a paper tabled by Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich shows. Instead of the 5.8 per cent growth rate on w...

At an historic meeting on 8 November 2014, the African Union together with African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and leading businesses in Afr...

The exports of goods and commercial services from least developed countries (LDCs) increased by 5.2% last year but the total share of LDCs in world trade remains marginal, the LDC ...

Tourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the world contributing 9 per cent to global GDP, accounting for one in 11 jobs worldwide and for 6 per cent of...

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on 5 November 2014 announced a package of at least $450 million in commercial financing that will enable trade, investment, and employment in...