Africa can generate $33.5 billion working capital from improved business relations with its trading partners if the suppliers offer to African companies’ payment terms of 30 days after delivery of goods and…
The International Fiance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has forged a new partnership with Gaia Energy to create a joint platform for the development of wind power and…
Trade between Africa and India rose more than 10-fold between 2001 and 2014, making India Africa’s fourth-largest national trading partner, according to a new report jointly produced by the African Export-Import Bank…
Africa needs development strategies more coherent and prioritizing improved public action to stand up to the challenges of growth, jobs and inequalities prompted by the continent’s remarkable emergence, new report says.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, who is in Addis Ababa for the joint African Union (AU) – UN joint annual meeting, appeals the international community to help Africa…
Experts from Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire along with public, private and civil society representatives discuss the technical, commercial, regulatory and financial issues in Africa’s fast-growing Energy market.
The east African coast plays an increasingly significant role in the global heroin trade. Heroin is shipped from Afghanistan via a network of maritime routes stretching along East and Southern Africa. Known…
Ethiopia was the first stop of a four-nation President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) fact-finding trip to Africa led by U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Gilbert…
Postal services can play a pivotal role in delivering remittances, lowering the transfer costs and providing access to basic financial services in Africa, says a new report.
African migration within the continent (intra-Africa migration) could boost growth and positively transform the structure of the continent’s economy according to the report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
Focusing on the Role of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Program (ADRiFi) a high-level forum took place in Busan, Korea.
Digital trade within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be at the center of discussions during an upcoming conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The African Development Bank, which begins its annual meetings this morning in Busan, Korea advises African countries to diversify their energy sources in order to sustain their industrialization efforts.
With objective of speedup the development of manufacturing industries in Africa the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed partnership agreement.