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Zimbabwe’s crumbling industry sector has allowed investors to scoop up struggling companies. The collapse of industry in Zimbabwe has provided a boon for South African com...

The four laggards in ratifying the East African Monetary Union Protocol are pushing their parliaments to endorse the pact within two months. Uganda EAC Affairs Minister Sh...

Kenya Ports of Authority is facing congestion crisis and has issued a notice to shipping lines and agents to limit empty export containers to 500 units per vessel. This ha...

As the Ports Regulator puts finishing touches to the expected guidelines for operators in the ports industry, stakeholders are of the view that the freight forwarders, otherwise po...

Climate change is expensive, and dealing with it will only grow costlier the longer countries, cities, and industries delay reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is th...

The story of Africa’s development is changing. Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are on the continent. Democratic governance has been strengthened over the past fiv...

The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis Senior Research Fellow, Professor Roman Grynberg has criticized the current Southern African Customs Union Revenue Sharing Fo...

New analysis suggests that developing countries are losing a trillion dollars or more each year to tax evasion and corruption facilitated by lax laws in Western countries, raising ...

The current WTO norms limit the value of food subsidies at 10% of the total value of foodgrain production South Africa supports India’s stance at WTO on public fo...

Asian, African emerging nations sounded out The BRICS bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will offer 45 per cent stake in the proposed New Development Ba...

The next round of talks towards clinching an Environmental Goods Agreement is scheduled for mid-September. This paper maps the landscape in which the negotiations are taking place ...

The Federal Government yesterday ratified a thirty-year National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP) that would cost N485 trillion. This is as a document which is to se...

US President Barack Obama played host to some 50 African heads of state and government from August 4 to August 6 at a historic US-Africa Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. The ...

Following the recent significant discovery of natural gas in Tanzania, the country has emerged as a potential large gas producer in East Africa, generating substantial interest fro...

The East African Community (EAC) has requested an urgent meeting with the European Union (EU) to finalise outstanding issues in trade negotiations. The talks planned to be held ...

A measure of success for any economic or social indicator lies in its ability to provoke discourse and drive positive and progressive change. We have seen the rise to prominenc...

Cotonou’s bustling port is the lifeblood of the Beninese economy. Bags of cocoa and rice, as well as cotton, make up a substantial amount of the port’s traffic. However, along...

Sudan policy makers met to discuss and finalize key policy actions to help tackle critical trade challenges holding the country’s economy back, including increasing trade capacit...

Angola needs to diversify its oil economy Angola has one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Its economy grew by 5.1% in 2013. As major public infrastructure investments i...

The East African Community (EAC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have come together to help regional states in compiling finance statistics for their different government...