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ECA Chief calls for a rethink of financing strategies for the Continent’s transformation agenda
07 May 2014The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has stressed the need to scale up both domestic and private external financial resources for...
read moreZimbabwe’s struggle to formalise the informal
07 May 2014Zimbabwe’s extensive informal sector could help boost government revenue if regularised, but this won’t happen unless the government creates incentives for the informal sector ...
read moreAfrica is on the rise, and we need to help make sure it continues
06 May 2014The best untold story of the last decade may be the story of Africa. Real income has increased more than 30 percent, reversing two decades of decline.
Seven of the ...
read moreChina-Africa trade cooperation has broad prospects: Chinese minister
06 May 2014Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s ongoing visit to African countries will inject vitality into China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng ...
read moreAgoa creates goodwill for US – Davies
06 May 2014The Government will consider giving some US producers the same access to the local market as the EU, if that’s what it takes to save its African Growth and Opportunity Act (...
read moreState-of-art port control centre opens in Cape Town
05 May 2014South Africa’s first maritime port of entry control centre represents a milestone in the country’s journey to secure, modernise and control its borders, Finance Minister P...
read moreLiberia launches National Export Strategy and National Trade Policy
05 May 2014President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: National Export Strategy and National Trade Policy show way forward for Liberia’s economic growth and sustainable development
Liberia today (29 ...
read moreEPA: African leaders align with Nigeria’s position
05 May 2014African Ministers of Trade and experts in Trade and Regional Integration have aligned with Nigeria’s position on the trade liberalisation deal with the European Union u...
read moreECOWAS Parliament calls for measures to address trade barriers
02 May 2014The ECOWAS Parliament has called for firm measures to address the numerous barriers to cross-border trade and investment in the sub-region, particularly corruption.
It has also ur...
read moreIn less trade resides economic stagnation
02 May 2014Africa hosts the oldest surviving trade [customs] union – the Southern African Custom Union (SACU). It is 40 years older than Europe’s equivalent. Whereas Europe shares a curre...
read moreNigeria’s “African Davos” will focus minds on problems, as well as potential
02 May 2014Delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa next week in the Nigerian capital Abuja will be in the right place to reflect on the rising continent’s problems, as well as its u...
read moreAfrica needs investment not aid, says Equity boss
30 Apr 2014Equity Bank Group Managing Director James Mwangi has advised developed nations and partners to consider partnering with African states on investment projects in place of developmen...
read moreEurope considers dropping ban on South African orange juice
30 Apr 2014The European Commission has proposed dropping a ban on South African citrus imports to keep orange juice on Europe’s breakfast tables this summer but said it could be re-imposed ...
read moreGas exports to make Dar es Salaam logistic centre
30 Apr 2014Tanzania will become a leading exporter of liquefied natural gas (exploration ship pictured below) by 2025, supplying markets as diverse as Pakistan, China, Spain and Chile.
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read moreIt takes a region
29 Apr 2014Developing a regional trade market in East Africa is vital to U.S. political and economic security.
You have to either admire or look askance at the Obama administration’s ...
read moreAU pushes for AGOA extension
29 Apr 2014The African Union has urged member countries to push for the extension of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for the next 15 years to enable them maximize benefits t...
read morePushing the Limits of International Trade Policy
29 Apr 2014Over the last two decades, tariffs in nearly all emerging economies have dropped substantially. In many cases, the average tariff rate applied by a given country has fallen be...
read moreInvestors conquer difficulties in African market
28 Apr 2014Chinese investors are conquering more difficulties in the diversified and competitive African market, as the continent paves the way for many Chinese companies’ to go global...
read moreU.S., Japan unlikely to wrap up trade deal by May TPP talks - Japan official
28 Apr 2014Japan and the United States have found “common ground” to forge a two-way trade deal, but may not be able to resolve remaining sticking points in time for a mid-May meetin...
read moreIMF worries that Chinese slowdown could damage sub-Saharan economies
28 Apr 2014Africa’s rising economic star is in danger of burning out from even a modest contraction in China’s economy as that country’s demand for natural resources decreases, war...
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