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This week, Swaziland will attend crunch talks on the revenue-sharing formula under the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) This week, Swaziland will attend crunch talks on the r...

Talks to free up more trade and investment between the European Union and the United States got under way early in 2013. A good agreement in 2014 would be a positive thing, and not...

The Chair of the Council of Ministers, Hon Phyllis C. Kandie, has reiterated the need to collectively pool strengths together if the Community is to remain relevant in the fiercely...

In this column, Roberto Azevêdo, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), writes about the Bali Package of agreements reached in early December 2013. At the Ninth ...

With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and the number of investment opportunities it has to offer global players...

The Brics economies are not going to crash but are facing another difficult year, Standard Bank economist Jeremy Stevens said on Wednesday. “The Brics had a challenging 2013 and...

The private sector are shying away from the business opportunities in the East African Community (EAC). The commissioner for economic affairs in the Ministry for East African Comm...

Africa needs to create an enabling environment for domestic and foreign investment to realize its potential and ensure sustainable and inclusive growth for its population, panellis...

Urgent implementation of the Bali trade accords and deeper behind-the-border reform is needed to sustainably meet world food demand, and foster industrial development, according to...

Swimming against the tide of expert and public opinion, the American Petroleum Institute (API) certainly has clever lawyers. Somehow this lobby group, which represents the US oil ...

When thinking about regional integration in Africa, we often think first of trade policy, telecommunications, Information & Communications Technology (ICT) and road infrastruct...

This month an East African Community (EAC) negotiating team was supposed to be in Juba to verify with various senior officials South Sudan’s application to join the economic bloc...

When the first G20 summit was held at the end of 2008 in Washington DC, many believed that the time had finally come for developed and developing countries to work together to reco...

A group of more than 2500 politicians, business leaders and academics are gathering to discuss the state of global economy for five days, beginning tomorrow at the World Economic F...

The customs union, which is the first pillar of East African economic integration, is set to become operational this year in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, a landmark in achieving full ...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, on 17 January 2014, welcomed a recent decision by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as “of particular significance for the availabilit...

NamPort has recently begun with a massive N$3 billion construction project to build a new container terminal, but plans even more extravagant expansion in the years to come, accord...

The European Commission has repeatedly promised civil society that the TTIP negotiations with the US will not lead to a race to the bottom on environmental protection, health and s...

Zimbabwe has to face the reality that the informal sector is now the dominant force of the economy, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Giving the...

Ethiopia will not be ready to open up financial and other essential sectors to gain World Trade Organization (WTO) accession until 2015, according to the Ministry of Trade. This i...