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Gaps in commitments by developed countries hamper progress on MDGs – UN
19 Sep 2014Despite 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...
read moreAfrica urged to push for joint tourism agenda
19 Sep 2014Tourism 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...
read moreMPs seek new funding model to ease debt burden on Kenya
19 Sep 2014Members 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...
read moreEgypt’s private sector: A driving force for job creation
19 Sep 2014Egypt 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. ...
read moreOn the Budget Trail: The MP’s Budget Watch 2014/15
19 Sep 2014
The Key Message
At the moment, given the current economic environment, the 10% economic growth target envisaged in Vision 2030 appears to be unachievable in the medium term. Not...
read moreEbola: Long-term economic impact could be devastating
18 Sep 2014The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has stolen the lives of more than 5,000 people since January 2014. In addition to lost lives, the disease is dealing a severe economic blow to fam...
read moreIndia likely to be world’s fastest growing exporter
18 Sep 2014
India is likely to become the world’s fastest growing exporter and UAE’s top export and import destination by 2030, according to a study. The lates...
read moreSlowing climate change makes economic sense; cities to lead – study
18 Sep 2014Investments to help fight climate change can also spur economic growth, rather than slow it as widely feared, but time is running short for a trillion-dollar shift to transform cit...
read moreWorld hunger falls, but number of undernourished remains ‘unacceptably high’ – joint UN report
18 Sep 2014More than 800 million people – or one in every nine on the planet – suffer from hunger, but a new joint UN agency report released today stated that the Millennium Development G...
read moreEAC Integration series: Regional integration; an awakening long overdue
18 Sep 2014Regionalism has gained strong momentum in sub-Saharan Africa. Statistics and trends have proven that regional groupings, not only provide opportunities for addressing common challe...
read moreGovt to create non-tax revenue body
18 Sep 2014
Deputy minister for Finance Mwigulu Nchemba said yesterday the government is planning to form an independent authority specifically for collecting and administering non-tax rev...
read moreSouth Africa and DRC need to industrialise to achieve 2030 visions
18 Sep 2014
The Deputy Ambassador of South Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mr Andrew Maswanganye says South Africa and the DRC need to put more focus on their industrialisat...
read moreAfrica’s response to the recently released proposals of the Global Ocean Commission
18 Sep 2014A half day workshop was jointly organized by the African Union Commission and the Global Ocean Commission on 15th September 2014, to reflect on the findings of the commission’s r...
read moreSeychelles has concluded the last outstanding bilateral trade negotiations with the United States
17 Sep 2014
In a press statement issued this afternoon, the Seychelles Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment said the final bilateral agreement was signed in Geneva Switzerland...
read moreWorld Export Development Forum opens in Kigali
17 Sep 2014
Africa should focus on greater local value addition to the continent’s assets in agri-food, manufacturing as well as services to help propel its economy, the International Trad...
read moreNew initiative to boost women entrepreneurs
17 Sep 2014The International Trade Centre (ITC) has launched a new initiative expected to push for increased participation of women entrepreneurs in public procurement.
The initiative is hop...
read moreGoverning body of UNCTAD addresses tackling inequality through trade and development
17 Sep 2014UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi, speaking on the opening afternoon of the sixty-first session of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 15 September said: “Today there...
read moreDifferences in EAC states’ customs systems impede progress
17 Sep 2014Two months since implementation, differences in custom systems across East African Community (EAC) partner states are reported to be undermining the region’s single window system...
read moreUganda to invest $20b into oil
17 Sep 2014Oil industry top officials believe that Uganda must look for between $15 billion to $20 billion if it wants to become an oil producing country.
Jimmy Mugerwa the Tullow Uganda Cou...
read moreCanada-Africa 2014 Business Summit opens in Toronto
17 Sep 2014The first ever Canada-Africa Business Summit opened on Monday (September 15) in Toronto, Ontario.
The meeting focused on ways to explore Africa’s investment and business opportu...
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