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Third edition of Africa Singapore Business Forum sets the stage for stronger trade and investment flows between both markets 1.  Singapore has emerged the largest investor in...

May 25 marked Africa Day, an opportunity to celebrate the continent’s potential and its new-found economic dynamism. And yet, despite a record of growth rates consistently outper...

Mining was at the core of South Africa’s economy and was one of the top five priority sectors that government was focusing on, Chamber of Mines COO Roger Baxter emphasised during...

Most developing countries do not have tax systems sophisticated enough for them to join a new OECD-led transnational project for countries to automatically exchange tax information...

The Annual Report 2014 provides an overview of WTO activities in 2013 and early 2014. The report opens with a message from WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and a brief summary...

While Narendra Modi’s immediate task will be to focus on bailing India out of its current economic crisis, it would be a mistake to ignore the massive shifts the world has unde...

More than half the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to have realised economic growth rates of not less than 5 per cent, a report shows. The International Labour...

The European Commission has effectively supported the Russian position in the second and third round of talks on payment of Ukraine’s gas debt to Russia, Energy Minister Alexande...

Alongside its rise as a dynamic global economy, China has become a key partner to sub-Saharan Africa. An emerging pattern in China’s growing share of African trade [totaling nea...

The phytosanitary measures for Citrus Black Spot (CBS) on fruit imported from South Africa have been a point of discussion in the European Union (EU) by the Standing Committee on P...

The African Union Commission’s seminar on Integrity and Ethics in Customs administrations kicked off on 28 May 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda. Organized by the Department of Trade and In...

Tanzania’s mining revenues are touted as a key way to reduce reliance on foreign aid and pull people out of poverty, but experts argue companies are swindling the government out ...

The Board of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on May 28, 2014 in Tunis the AfDB’s first Human Capital Strategy (HCS). The strategy p...

Introduction Good morning, bom dia. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this conference on Africa. I wish to thank President Guebuza and the government of Mo...

Several African countries have enjoyed economic growth in recent years – but there are fears that a failure to develop manufacturing could prove to be costly. “Made in China...

In recent years Africa has been making great strides in policy development and at present looks very prepared to move from principle into practice on this. Some leaders say now is ...

Africa’s commercial services exports grew 6% in 2012, according to a report by the African Development Bank, suggesting the continent’s fledgling economies are starting to cree...

The process of drafting a protocol that would formally incorporate the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement into the rest of the global trade body’s set of rules hit a rough patc...

Lack of an AGOA policy seen as main cause of fading dream It is exactly 14 years since the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law by the US Congress to spur deve...

To curb greenhouse gas emissions, South Africa wants to put a tax on carbon emissions from big polluters. The aim of making polluters pay for the carbon they pump into the atmosph...