The UN is holding a three-day high-level meeting for developing countries in Nairobi to discuss priority development issues and enhance South-South Cooperation.
Increased banditry, kidnappings of relief workers and attacks on humanitarian compounds in eastern Chad are threatening crucial aid for nearly 100,000 people, many of them refugees or internally displaced persons (IDP), the United Nations reported today.
Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has announced an investment of US $60 million from the private sector investors Hutchicon Ports Holdings, Wai Chau and TICTS, to facilitate its port operations in easing congestion at its ports.
Four years ago, a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation collapsed in Hong Kong.
Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has failed to fully take advantage of exporting beef to the European Union (EU) duty-free and exploiting the opportunity created by the suspension of Brazil from the market as the global recession forced consumers to look for cheaper sources of protein.
ZIMBABWE and South Africa are set to implement the contents of an outstanding Memorandum of Understanding on trade and economic affairs that was signed months ago in the New Year.
Rwanda yesterday signed an agreement with the government of the Netherlands, which will see the Dutch sink Rwf4.2bn in three government projects.
The following statement was delivered by the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Eisenhower Executive Office in Washington, DC.
Safaricom share price beat a retreat from a three-week rally that lifted it past the IPO price, dampening investor expectation that a window was opening for them to harvest their investments.
Kenya's trading partners in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa trading bloc are pushing for quick privatisation of State-owned sugar firms ahead of the full liberalisation of the domestic sugar market in 2012.
Botswana has a long stride forward in the creation of opportunities that could attract foreign investors.
Liberian Vice-President Joseph Boakai and UN Deputy Envoy Moustapha Soumaré have underscored the unique role smallholder farmers' play in guaranteeing food security and alleviating poverty in Liberia with a call for increased investment in smallholder farming.
Rwanda is an attractive emerging market and on the right course to become one of the major players in the region. That is the conclusion of a group of foreign investors who have been on a three-day visit in the country.
Many farmers across the country are disillusioned about this year's trade season. They are not sure whether they will in fact have a trade season at all.
East African Community (EAC) Common Market Protocol that paved way for the free movement of goods, labour and capital becomes operational starting July 1, 2010.
MTN Rwanda has acquired the first and largest syndicated loan of US$18 million from six local banks for upgrading its network.
Plans for the privatization of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) are in top gear in a move expected to raise the dwindling investor confidence and improve performance to world class standards.
Yet another session of the World Trade Organisation's Ministerial Conference on Monday, November 30, will hear appeals to save the crumbling free-trade Doha Round from US and EU farmers' subsidies -- but that boring news hides an exciting fact: Africans can free themselves.
The Federal Republic of Germany will continue to support the East African Community and so far the former has granted 49 million Euros to the regional organization.
SA's trade balance swung dramatically back into the red in October, recording a deficit of R6,7bn, the biggest shortfall since January.
The Polish Government has granted modern teaching aids worth US $ 85,000 (equivalent to Tsh110 million) to the Tengeru Livestock Training Institute.
U.S. Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt swore in 38 Peace Corps Volunteers Wednesday, November 25.. The volunteers will serve two years in Tanzania and will be stationed at secondary school and teachers colleges in 19 districts, including Kondoa, Mpwapwa, Njombe, Moshi Rural, Mwanga, Rombo, Same, Kilwa, Lindi Rural, Ruangwa, Hanang, Rungwe, Masasi, Newala, Mbinga, Songea Rural, Manyoni, Singida Rural ...
United States' African Development Foundation (ADF) has donated food processing machines worth Tshs. 309 million to Nyirefami Limited, a local enterprise based in Unga Limited.
THE 12th East Africa International Trade Exhibition is all set to open its doors to the business community in the country as from Wednesday.
The renowned Ghanaian international evangelist, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, on Friday made it clear that he has engaged in crusades to uplift the image of the Central Region to attract the needed investments for development.
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