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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 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Africa’s flagship Regional Economic Community, deserves credit for surviving myriad political, security and socio-economic...

Eleventh hour negotiations to win Indian approval for a breakthrough global trade pact may not have succeeded in the end despite initial signs of progress, sources involved in the ...

Statement by C.H.G. Schlettwein Minister of Trade and Industry 16 July 2014 Hon. Speaker Hon. Members I rise to provide an update on the negotiations between Namibia and the E...

After ten years of preparations and negotiations, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the SADC EPA Group and the EU was ‘initialed’ by the Chief Negotiators on 15 ...

United Nations officials today stressed the need to harness the necessary resources to take Africa’s progress to the next level, calling for increased investment to boost the con...

Trade-related reforms will be at the center of the agenda as G20 Trade Ministers gather for a critical meeting July 19 in Sydney. These reforms are vital – not only to the G20’...

The issue of export duties with regards to the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group and the Europ...

Facts have emerged that the January 1, 2015 take-off date for the use of a single currency under the West African Monetary Zone is no longer realizable. The development was confir...

The Second meeting of the BRICS Business Council took place yesterday, 15 July 2014, on the occasion of the Sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil. The meeting was Chaired by Mr ...

Zimbabwe is emerging from years of a myriad challenges mainly caused by illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries as punishment for embarking on the land reform programme. No...

The Fifth Joint Statistical Publication of the BRICS Countries is the result of annual joint efforts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Brazil, Russia, India, China and Sout...

Government will soon construct one-stop border posts at Victoria, Kazungula and Katima Mulilo border posts in Southern and Western provinces to enhance revenue collection in the co...

The local economy is expected to grow by 5,4% this year compared to 4,4% in 2013, the Bank of Namibia says in its economic outlook for 2014-2016. “Growth will be supported by do...

The BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) launched the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA) during its sixth summit, instit...

The June 2014 issue of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) quarterly knowledge publication, eVALUation Matters, was released on July 11. This issue focuses on the transpor...

Britain will expand funding for a programme to help coal-rich South Africa develop a carbon trading market in an attempt to rein in its rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Britis...

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have suggested that there is a need to have a system of ensuring that policies on oil and gas are carried on even after the current government’...

Despite a slight deceleration in 2013 due to lower oil revenues, Angola’s economy appears to be back on track with real GDP growing by 4.4%, according to the World Bank’s lates...

The European Union welcomes the agreement reached on 9 July 2014 on a new United Nations convention to strengthen transparency in investor-state disputes. The Convention on Transp...