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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has turned the heat on cash-rich multinationals, accusing them of using grand tax evasion schemes to deny the government billions of shillings it ...

Brazil has overtaken India as the largest buyer of Nigeria’s crude oil, spending $990.09 million, about N158.414 billion on the purchase of crude oil from Nigeria. Data from the...

Tapping into the BRIC and MINT countries is vital for inclusive prosperity. The challenge is to succeed as a trading nation, offering more affluent consumers in the emerging world ...

Could it be the next global reserve currency? In March this year Zimbabwe joined a growing list of countries in Africa and the world using the Chinese currency, yuan, also known a...

China said on Monday it regretted World Trade Organisation members had failed to reach an agreement on simplifying global customs rules, a breakdown it said could damage multi...

More than ever, cities are the lifeblood of the global economy, and increasingly determining the wealth of nations. Productive policy innovation is taking place in cities, more of...

As a democratic Government we respect opinions and welcome criticism from all quarters. This is as true for retired political leaders as it is of any other Motswana. It is thus wit...

The Government of Rwanda, through the Rwanda Development Board, will host WEDF 2014 in Kigali. Rwanda, an excellent gateway for doing business in the East African region and b...

Three trade organisations, which Zimbabwe is member to, have conducted a study on key public infrastructure protection to curb Information Technology (IT) related crimes which are ...

The Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) is ready to implement the Single Customs Territory system across the Northern Corridor, writes Agnes Bateta RRA officials believe this will...

Communiqué of the 34th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government The 34th Ordinary meeting of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Devel...

SADC Heads of State and Government attending the regional summit in Victoria Falls have signed the Protocol on Trade and Services. SADC Chairperson, President ...

South Africa should take advantage of its comparative industrial advantage to lead other regional countries in building their manufacturing base to ensure collective socio-economic...

Trade facilitation has a long history in UNCTAD, whose mandate in this area dates from the Final Act of its First Ministerial Conference in 1964. The Final Act of the Conference r...

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will in two weeks time start collecting public views on the new East African Community (EAC) Cooperatives Bill 2014. The Bill’s obje...

The Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Kitso Mokaila has revealed that government is currently drafting an energy policy. The policy is expected to map out a successf...

Nearly 137,000 direct jobs are set to be created during the construction of a 10,000-kilometre road network over the next three years, government estimates show. The Transport a...

At a time of economic and financial stress, the aid budgets of the main donor countries are under pressure. Aid for Trade (AfT) will not be spared, as shown by the decline in AfT s...

Africa’s economic rise over the past two decades is no longer news. In the decade from 2003, the region’s output expanded by over five percent a year, in spite of a protracted ...

Progress will come when agreements are implemented Among Africa’s policy wonks, underperforming trade across the continent is a favoured subject. To unravel the puzzle, they ree...