African Development Bank finances African Export–Import Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to provide $450 million to the African Import – Export Bank…
Trade
Morocco’s trade with Africa conjures promising prospects
Trade between Morocco and the rest of the continent has grown steadily in recent years (+ 20%, or…
Experts gather in Addis Ababa to discuss African free trade area
Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recently participated in the 5th meeting of the Continental Free…
African LDCs discuss trade strategies
The Ministry of Trade of Ethiopia and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)…
Mining Indaba discusses illicit financial flows from Africa
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) will host a panel session during the Ministerial Session of Mining Indaba…
Canada’s progressive trade agenda starts in Africa – Opinion
By David Luke and Phil Rourke – OPINION The arrival of President-elect Donald Trump threw the Liberal Government’s…
Nigeria ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The Government of Nigeria has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the 107th World Trade Organisation (WTO)…
Africa ministers discuss commodity prices plunge
Finance, monetary affairs, economic planning and integration ministers of African countries began discussion in Addis Ababa, this morning…
AU, private traders sign deal on regional free trade
The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) and the African Union on Thursday signed a partnership…
Ethiopia shifting economic partnership from West to East
Trade privileges from Europe’s Everything But Arms (EBA) and America’s African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) are not stopping…
Ethiopia’s export to neighbors improves, import shrinks
Ethiopia’s export to its neighbors (Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti) has increased over the past two years, while import…
Ethiopia’s fertilizer import bill triples
Ethiopia’s foreign currency spending on fertilizer import has almost tripled in December 2009 as compared to the previous…
China, Ethiopia to boost trade to three billion USD
BY YENENEH SISAY – The Chinese government and Ethiopia announced that they are working to increase the bilateral…
Ethiopia’s November export declines 5 percent
Ethiopia ’s total export earnings for the month of November, 2009 declines by around 5% compared to the…