An integrated Africa: A boon to the private sector
Intra-African trade can help boost profit By IhuomaAtanga C an developing nations thrive in a global economy without a global, collective mind-set? This is a question every developing economy must ponder if More...
The African trade revolution quietly afoot
In a tumultuous year for the global trading landscape, negotiations for a huge Africa-wide free trade area are progressing rapidly. Transporting goods in Uganda. Credit: Robert Lutz. Across the developed world, More...
The changing face of Ethiopia
When a severe famine hit Ethiopia 30 years ago, the UN intervened with humanitarian assistance. To raise awareness of the famine, it launched a newsletter, Africa Emergency, which later turned into a magazine renamed More...
3 Africa trade blocs integrate to boost Regional Trade
African countries will launch a framework next month to create a 26-nation free trade area by integrating three existing African trade blocs to boost regional trade and investment, a South African minister said More...
Trade Is Africa’s Launchpad To Sustainable Economic Growth
Africa’s economic growth is impressive, with trade agreements such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) positive for the continent’s continued progress, but if this growth will be sustainable, emphasis More...
Africa needs both Trade & Aid – Arancha Gonzalez
Interview: Africa needs both aid and trade Arancha González The International Trade Centre (ITC), a subsidiary of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization More...
Intra‐Regional Trading In Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – A lot has been said and written about Africa with respect to investments, exports and trade with the international community. There also abounds opportunities for Africa if she can boost trading More...
Dismantling Border trade barriers could earn Africa $20 billion
VENTURES AFRICA – If African leaders can draft an accord aimed at ripping to shreds trade hurdles that currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa, the continent will earn an additional $20 billion in annual earnings, More...
Africa will not agree to weak treaty
Representatives of governments around the world are currently meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York for a second round of negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a conference that owes much More...
