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Namibia’s economic growth is largely dependent on investments in the primary sector (raw materials), specifically in mining; a trend that must change to focus on the secondary se...

How can Sub-Saharan African countries make the most of the commodity price boom to promote sustainable development? In the context of the opportunities opened up by the boom in co...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, introducing a new United Nations-backed report outlining pathways major industrial economies can use to cut their carbon emissions by mid-centur...

High labour costs in Botswana’s fledging diamond cutting and polishing companies is threatening the expansion of the industry, with government unlikely to issue more licences due...

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the media. In this briefing today, we would like to share information with you regarding our work, including our preparations for the S...

The World Bank Group committed a record-breaking *$15.3 billion to Sub Saharan Africa’s development in fiscal year 2014 (July 2013 to June 2014) supporting shared prosperity in t...

Fourteen WTO members launched plurilateral negotia-tions for an Environmental Goods Agreement on 8 July 2014 at the WTO. These members said the talks will promote green growth and ...

​UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2014, launched on 3 July, shows that there are structural problems in the pattern of growth in Africa and that these require a m...

The move will also allow Tanzanians to invest in the EAC region without requiring prior permission from the BoT Tanzanians who wish to move their capital and invest in any o...

Negotiations between Namibia and South Africa on the livestock export crisis suffered a major setback when the South African Feedlot Association halted the process by demanding mor...

African Union countries last week approved a proposal to create an African Monetary Fund in line with plans for greater economic integration on the continent. Broadly, the A...

The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of China took place on 1 and 3 July 2014. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Gover...

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has said that its new system known as Tanzania Customs Integrated System (Tancis) aimed at bringing greater transparency in customs clearance h...

The Single Customs Territory, whose major objective is to overcome the hurdle of slow and costly movement of goods and services and also improve the business environment in the r...

Angola is well positioned to receive funding from the future BRICS bank due to its close ties with Brazil and China, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The recent...

African countries are coming under strong pressure from the United States and the European Union to reverse the decision adopted by their trade ministers to implement the World Tra...

The private sector in Tanzania is increasingly impacting policy, especially at the national and sectoral levels – a momentum that needs to be driven up. That is the view of...

Senior Government officials from SADC member states have concluded a three-day regional technical Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Conference at the Bingu Internation...

Income levels in most developing and emerging countries will not catch up with advanced economies for many decades without efforts to boost productivity, according to a new report ...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the African Union Forum on Industrialization and Inclusive Development in Africa on 1 July 2014 that the Trade Facilitation Agreement “will...