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Last week, Dr. Richard Sezibera, the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) was visiting Uganda. A notable thing he said, was although regional non-tariff barriers...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 22 September 2014, said that the Bali package that delivered big gains for WTO members ...

A century old British dream of building a transcontinental railway connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans is becoming a reality with Chinese financing. Cutting through...

Namibia’s natural endowment of raw materials like minerals, precious and semi-precious stones, agricultural produce, fish and other marine resources, and potentially oil and ga...

The G20 finance summit ended Sunday in Cairns, Australia with a commitment to a 1.8 percent growth target designed to boost the world economy by 2 trillion U. S. dollars. The worl...

The East African Community has accepted a draft agreement for fresh produce exports to the European Union market. On Saturday evening, the EAC Council of Ministers accepted a pr...

The rising level of anticipation around the UN Secretary-General’s call for climate leadership has been palpable over the past few weeks, and especially so here in New York at th...

Six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided in 2013 about USD 24 billion worldwide in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the ch...

African countries have been advised to hold common position of issues of interest regarding food security, quality and safety when they are presented at the global level. The advi...

The first African Forum on Business and Human Rights concluded today [18 September 2014] with a strong call for action to make business a force for improving human rights in Africa...

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that five African presidents, three prime ministers and more than seven ministers have confirmed their presence at the&nb...

Traders crossing the Uganda-Rwanda border for business will soon have their work movement made easier following the rehabilitation of the customs office for smooth movement of good...

Africa plans to lay out a strong case for increased investments in the water, food and energy sectors at the UN Climate Summit in New York to be held on 23 September, according to ...

Every year, thousands of small-scale farmers in Kenya generate income by growing crops for the export market. But they are scattered all over the country and it is often an uphill ...

Africa is open for business. This was the unanimous message from business and government leaders attending the World Export Development Forum (WEDF), in Kigali,...

WTO members remained divided on how to proceed with work on agriculture under the 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference’s decisions, when they met informally as the regular Agricultur...

Despite improvements in the lives of millions of people around the world, the United Nations today reported that persistent gaps between promises made and those delivered by develo...

Tourism in Africa will tremendously improve if the continent’s image is promoted by regional blocs rather than individual countries, experts have said. The idea was mooted yeste...

Members of Parliament want the government to explore new funding models for development projects to avoid overburdening the country with debts. In a report released this week, t...

Egypt needs better jobs. It also needs more jobs. The small-sized firms Egypt needed to employ Egypt’s young working population aren’t growing fast enough to meet the demands. ...