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The government has been called upon to ban the importation of products which can be produced by small scale entrepreneurs in the country. Stakeholders say, markets in the country ...

Diversifying the Nigerian economy away from oil would require paying more attention to making agriculture and value-adding manufacturing export more competitive. Good market penet...

Deputy President William Ruto Wednesday told African states to open up their borders for trade among themselves to close the milk deficit gaps that are currently exploited by Eur...

Africa could become a single air transport market that will remove the need for bilateral air services agreements by early 2016, the industry lobby said on Wednesday. African Airl...

Much of the emphasis on climate change has been on urging countries to act to avoid environmental catastrophe. This new report, “Building Competitive Green Industries: the Climat...

An event aimed at promoting trade and investment between India and Africa has been postponed due to concerns over the deadly Ebola outbreak, India’s foreign affairs m...

India is going to again push for its demand to have a parallel agreement on public stockholding for food security purposes, as the preparatory committee on a tr...

Bold new actions to immediately tackle climate change were announced today by Government, business, finance and civil society leaders attending a historic Climate Summit convened b...

Fresh produce exporters are optimistic of a positive outcome in the delayed signing of an economic partnership agreement between the five-member East African Community and the 28...

The World Bank on 18 September 2014 launched the first Economic Update report for the Republic of Congo which monitors the economic and financial situation in the country. “This...

As more than 120 world leaders converge on New York this week for an unprecedented UN climate summit, one highly significant voice needs to be heard. That voice belongs to Afr...

While India still struggles with her own basic IT infrastructure including (but not limited to) lackluster internet connectivity or power issues, in one area Indians have consist...

With demand for food set to increase 60 per cent by 2050, world leaders, major corporations and civil society at the United Nations Climate Summit today pledged commitments&nb...

Namibia Ports Authority will start the first phase of a new harbour known as Southern Africa Development Community Gateway Port, in early 2015, a year ahead of initial schedule. ...

WTO economists have reduced their forecast for world trade growth in 2014 to 3.1% (down from the 4.6% forecast made in April) and cut their estimate for 2015 to 4.0% from 5.3% prev...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and the European Union have teamed up to fight piracy on products and other goods and services. The two economic blocs...

Ebola has laid bare Africa’s institutional vulnerability, and for once rapacious Europeans are not to blame, writes William Saunderson-Meyer. The “Africa rising” narrative...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the people of Africa to liberate their thinking to harness the enormous resources in the continent. The President said though most of Africa...

Botswana retail sector has taken a slight knock in attractiveness rankings for retailers as the market nears saturation. According to the 2014 edition of the authoritative AT Ke...

Days before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes the Climate Summit at the United Nations to spur climate action and facilitate a global climate agreement in 2015, nearly 350 ...