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Trade: Mauritius to set up a National Export Strategy
12 Sep 2014Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Cader Sayed Hossen Wednesday indicated that Mauritius will soon set up a National Export Strategy to address trade opportunities and challe...
read moreFostering the spirit of entrepreneurship
12 Sep 2014Lessons for Namibia from the 2nd Brazil-Africa Forum 2014
Last week I moderated a session, titled ‘Africa and South America: Challenges for connecting the two continents’, one...
read moreCheckers and Shoprite probed over mislabelling
12 Sep 2014
The Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) has launched an investigation into Freshmark, Checkers and Shoprite outlets for mislabelling fresh produce.
The enterprises have labelle...
read moreMerchandise trade broadly stable in Q2 2014, with diverging patterns across major economies
12 Sep 2014Total merchandise trade of the G7 and BRIICS economies combined was broadly stable in the second quarter of 2014, with exports rising 1.5% and imports falling 0...
read moreUganda’s oil bonanza
11 Sep 2014Excitement as estimate of Uganda’s oil reserves jump to 6.5 billion barrels
On Aug.28, the government revised upwards the country’s petroleum resources by over 85% to about 6....
read moreMixed bag of fortunes for SADC
11 Sep 2014The Southern Africa region has continued on a positive economic growth path with significant differences in growth rates among countries in the region.
Mozambique, Zambia an...
read moreG20 faces persistent gaps in employment and job quality
11 Sep 2014The ILO, along with other international organizations - including OECD, IMF and the World Bank, have produced a number of reports on employment issues that have been prepared to in...
read moreMalawi 2014/15 Budget Statement
11 Sep 2014Extracts from the 2014/15 Budget Statement, delivered in the National Assembly of the Republic of Malawi by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Honourable Gooda...
read morePoultry import restrictions under attack
11 Sep 2014Major players in the South African poultry industry are asking Namibia’s High Court to set aside the restrictions on the importation of poultry products that the Minister of Trad...
read moreRwanda looks to fuel re-exports to strengthen forex reserve position
11 Sep 2014
Rwanda looks to focus on oil re-exports as it continues to seek ways that could expand its export earnings and strengthen the country’s foreign exchange reserve position.
Acco...
read moreIs bigger better for ASEAN in a mega-regional world?
11 Sep 2014Big-block trade agreements or ‘mega-regionals’, revolving around one or more major powers, are the latest trend in trade policy negotiations. ASEAN is involved in two: the Amer...
read moreJoint tax deal to rein in EAC sugar cartels as pact takes effect
11 Sep 2014Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will from next week jointly collect custom taxes on sugar, dealing a blow to cartels involved in dumping of the commodity in the regional markets.
T...
read morePM urges FAO to back Indian cause at WTO
10 Sep 2014Visiting director Jose da Silva briefed about subsidy stance
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to take the lead ...
read morePressure as EU issues new trade ultimatum
10 Sep 2014
Critics say Uganda should not sign because EPAs will lead to more poverty and not development in poor countries
October 1, 2014 is an important date in the ten-year old trade ne...
read moreEthiopia to join COMESA’s Free Trade Area
10 Sep 2014The government of Ethiopia is on the move of joining the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area (FTA) which enables the country to have preferential...
read moreAngola is the only country in Africa that makes more foreign investments than it receives
10 Sep 2014The large size of Angolan investments abroad, namely in Portugal, is already reflected in the country’s statistics, which showed that in 2013 Angola was the only country in Afric...
read moreStrategic funding unveiled at UN island conference
10 Sep 2014
Financial commitments of up to US$1.9 billion were pledged across almost 300 sustainable development partnerships last week at a UN gathering focused on small islands. Over one...
read moreRaw deal for African women traders
10 Sep 2014Unfriendly trade policies cripple progress
Daily, millions of women in Africa are engaged in one form of trade or another, either within their countries or across national borders...
read moreHow IOCs fleeced Nigeria of billions of dollars in M&A fees, taxes
10 Sep 2014Nigeria reportedly lost about $10 billion in revenue which should have accrued to the country from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by multinational oil companies over 10 years ...
read moreRailway deal: Chinese government clears firm to start work
10 Sep 2014
The State Minister for Works, Mr John Byabagambi said yesterday China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has been cleared by authorities in Beijing-China and has already star...
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