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There has been a general improvement by several mining companies, as well as some governments and policy makers, concerning transparency in mining deals and taxation in Africa, acc...

On January 29, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Namibia without a meeting. In concluding the ...

The nature of what Africa buys from China is slowly beginning to change While most of China’s imports from Africa continue to be energy products and resources, its exports to th...

Weaker global demand and not new trade barriers or supply-side difficulties are responsible for the slow growth in international trade, an UNCTAD study presented to a G-20 working ...

The U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks are ready to resume after a quiet time since the last meeting in mid-December. U.S. Trade Representative (US...

This paper focuses on Malawi’s Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement. Donors have suspended some aid disbursements to Malawi in response t...

The future of tourism in Africa holds great potential, but its expansion and development depends on better transport infrastructure – including airline connections, roads and rai...

At the first meeting of WTO ambassadors after the 9th Ministerial Conference, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the Trade Negotiations Committee on 6 February that: “Bali re...

The increasing amount of trade between Namibia and India is expected to balloon even further once the India-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Preferential Free Trade Agreement ...

Negotiators from West Africa and the EU have put pen to paper on a €42 billion-a-year free trade deal with the West African trade bloc after 10 years of haggling, but ongoing tal...

Frustration over Africa’s disparate tax, travel, investment and trading regimes boiled over yesterday as Chris Kirubi, a leading Kenyan businessman and one of the wealthiest peop...

Greater export competitiveness and deeper regional integration could help propel South Africa towards faster-growing exports, allowing it to achieve higher, more inclusive, job-int...

The government needs to focus more on working together with the mining sector in a way that will benefit all people in the country, Randgold Resources CEO Mark Bristow said on Tues...

Responding to current and future economic trends requires a renewed commitment to international cooperation, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in delivering the 2014 Dim...

The flight of foreign direct investment out of Swaziland is apparent in falling tax revenues and is one sign of expected challenges to the economy this year. Gross domestic produc...

Africa’s unmined metals and minerals lie waiting for investors, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Monday. Speaking at the start of the African Mining Indaba in C...

President Jacob Zuma says the African heads of state have prioritised tackling infrastructure bottlenecks to enable intra-Africa investment to happen in a bid to boost the continen...

Experts believe that the creation of a bigger free trade zone beyond the East African Community through opening borders and addressing policies that impede trade is the gateway to ...

Regional lawyers have added their voice to the push to have the jurisdiction of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) extended in a bid to effectively arbitrate in litigation re...

The just concluded negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between East Africa Community (EAC) member states and the European Union (EU) markets have once again ...