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It is credible to claim that among initiatives for economic integration in sub-Saharan Africa, the East African Community (EAC) is the finest example. Not only does it have ...

The federal government has re-affirmed its commitment towards facilitating the growth and development of domestic trade across the country. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Inv...

The International Labour Office’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility (the Facility) and World Bank Group Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) launch a dynamic partnership to en...

Intergovernmental Group of Experts meeting hears about the importance of international cooperation in the functioning of effective competition laws and policies. The fourteenth se...

India’s willingness to support a rules-based trading order and fulfil its obligations would help to welcome greater investment from the U.S., Secretary Kerry said. While Ind...

South Africa wants the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) to be extended for a 15-year period. “Our views as South Africa are very similar to the views of Africa, Agoa el...

South Africa risks being left out of the lucrative African Growth and Opportunity Act – a preferential trade programme, writes Peter Fabricius. US ambassador to South Africa Pat...

The East African Community and the European Union have yet again failed to agree on the long awaited Economic Partnership Agreements, putting the principal market for Kenya fresh...

In August 2008, Heads of State of the Southern African Development Community adopted the ground-breaking SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. This followed a concerted campaign...

The upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, taking place from August 4-6, provides an important opportunity for the United States government and African heads of state to engage in...

The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit blog series is a collection of posts discussing efforts to strengthen ties between the United States and Africa ahead of the first continen...

The government wants at least 25% of the population to be included in the formal financial sector by 2016. It is hoped that this will cause a substantial reduction in poverty le...

House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on trade with Africa and the African Growth and Opportunity Act on July 29, 2014 in Washington, DC. BACKGROUND In 2000, Con...

In this column, Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), argues that the Trade Facilitation Agreement delivered by the Bali package in December las...

The Trade Industry Finance and Investment Cluster of Ministers met in Gaborone on 17-18 July 2014. The meetings were preceded by the meetings of their senior officials who met from...

To enable smooth operations of businesses, stakeholders urge the government to form a code of governance that sets standards and principles on how corporate bodies much work. ...

Following conclusion of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, the local sugar in...

Discussions related to fostering private investment in Africa’s infrastructure have multiplied in recent years. There is widespread recognition that the continent’s infrastruct...

In a recent speech, President Obama criticized corporate entities avoiding tax remittances through the exploitation of legal tax loopholes in a practice known as tax inversion. Rec...

Earlier this week, the WTO’s poorest members, known as the Least Developed Country (LDC) Group, submitted a collective request regarding the preferential treatment they would lik...