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Why free trade agreements are ever more vital for India

Why free trade agreements are ever more vital for India

25 Mar 2014
Giant agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership will change global trade. India needs more FTAs tocompete The direction of global trade is set to change as mega agreements lik...
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AfDB moots trade strategy for Africa

AfDB moots trade strategy for Africa

25 Mar 2014
Africa is losing more than $30 billion in trade due to lack of effective infrastructure development, African Development Bank (AfDB) country director to Zambia Freddie Kwesiga...
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Investor treaties in trouble

Investor treaties in trouble

25 Mar 2014
Several countries are reviewing these agreements, prompted by the number of cases brought by foreign companies who claim that changes in government policies affect their futur...
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CET: Is Nigeria ready for ECOWAS Common Market?

CET: Is Nigeria ready for ECOWAS Common Market?

24 Mar 2014
As the much anticipated uniform tariff for ECOWAS region will become reality from January 1, 2015, Olushola Bello looks at the benefits and implications of the Commo...
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African Finance and Economic Planning Ministers’ Annual Conference holds in Abuja from March 25

African Finance and Economic Planning Ministers’ Annual Conference holds in Abuja from March 25

24 Mar 2014
The Seventh Joint AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held on ...
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African Development Bank President Kaberuka emphasizes the role of GVCs for Africa’s growth

African Development Bank President Kaberuka emphasizes the role of GVCs for Africa’s growth

24 Mar 2014
The president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, has expressed great optimism over Africa’s growth indicating that a full absorption of the continent into the...
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Rawlings blames Africa for being passive in global affairs

Rawlings blames Africa for being passive in global affairs

24 Mar 2014
The African continent cannot continue to allow some members of the developed world to interfere and meddle in its affairs, while it becomes a passive observer. The continent ...
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New financing for Africa’s roads, rail without high debt

New financing for Africa’s roads, rail without high debt

21 Mar 2014
As Central African countries seek new sources of financing for infrastructure, policymakers will have to avoid high indebtedness, a conference in Cameroon was told. Sub-Saharan Af...
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Trade barriers worsen food insecurity

Trade barriers worsen food insecurity

21 Mar 2014
Africa is not achieving its potential in food trade. The growing demand for food is increasingly being met by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global ...
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Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Report: The gap persists

Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Report: The gap persists

21 Mar 2014
The gap between the countries that perform best and worst in trade logistics is still quite large, despite a slow convergence since 2007, according to a new World Bank Group r...
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Changing Times: How the MINTs are taking over from the BRICs

Changing Times: How the MINTs are taking over from the BRICs

20 Mar 2014
Is the party over for the BRIC economies? After years of hype, Brazil, Russia and India have enjoyed impressive growth but appear to have lost their shine. China, the world’s se...
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Negotiators meet on trade, transformation and Africa’s role in global markets

Negotiators meet on trade, transformation and Africa’s role in global markets

20 Mar 2014
At a retreat of African World Trade Organization negotiators this week, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes said that the benefits of Af...
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Africa must do more to unlock opportunities of rising intra-African trade

Africa must do more to unlock opportunities of rising intra-African trade

20 Mar 2014
Growth in intra-Africa trade is outpacing trade between Africa and rest of the world. However, more needs to be done to boost intra-African trade to take advantage of the increasin...
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Africa Clean Energy Corridor to boost renewable energy

Africa Clean Energy Corridor to boost renewable energy

20 Mar 2014
Energy ministers and delegates from 19 countries committed to the creation of an ambitious initiative, the Africa Clean Energy Corridor, at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, convened by the ...
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Effective regional integration demands ending protectionism

Effective regional integration demands ending protectionism

19 Mar 2014
Uhuru Kenyatta, the charismatic president of Kenya, is one of the most popular African figures on social media platforms. His 375,000 followers receive updates about his government...
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Africa CEO Forum 2014: African Business leaders gather in Geneva

Africa CEO Forum 2014: African Business leaders gather in Geneva

19 Mar 2014
The AFRICA CEO FORUM 2014, one of the most important gathering of African business leaders taking place in Geneva from 17 to 19 March, has been officially opened. Organised by Gro...
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Why should the SADC EPA allow export taxes?

Why should the SADC EPA allow export taxes?

19 Mar 2014
Negotiations on the SADC EPA are close to completion, but to finalize the deal limitations on export taxes should be abandoned. An acrimonious battle on the issue will impose more ...
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Time to modernise trade rules for digital era

Time to modernise trade rules for digital era

19 Mar 2014
In the past, nations with the best ships and ports were able to establish global trade leadership and the growth that came along with it. Today, global trade has gone digital. In ...
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Agriculture cornerstone of Southern Africa’s economy

Agriculture cornerstone of Southern Africa’s economy

18 Mar 2014
Although southern Africa’s growth has been driven by minerals and other natural resources, agriculture offers the greatest potential for transforming the Southern Africa’s econ...
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Nigeria giving SA a run for its money

Nigeria giving SA a run for its money

18 Mar 2014
On March 31 Nigeria is going to shoot past South Africa to become the largest economy in Africa, says Peter Fabricius. GDP – Gross Domestic Product – has always seemed to be o...
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