• Focus On: World Trade Leader Optimistic on Africa's Prospects

    , Fri 18 May, 08:44 am 2012

    The director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, tells 'This is Africa' why he is optimistic about Africa's trade prospects, especially in agriculture.

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    • Africa: Next Trade Round Will Be Different - WTO Chief

      This is Africa, 18 May 2012

      The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, tells This is Africa why he is optimistic about Africa's trade prospects, especially in agriculture, and calls for a new approach to global trade deals after Doha.

  • Africanman in Ireland
    May 21 2012, 07:43

    Not until tyrants like President Paul Biya of Cameroun and Al-Bashir of Sudan are deposed, Africa can never progress. These dictators are greatest barrier to Regional trade. As Al-Bashir is imposing death penalty on traders across the S-Sudan borders, Paul Biya prohibits infrastructural development in S-West Cameroun to hinder trade with Nigeria. During Ahmadou Ahidjo's era Cameroun was the regional power in the UDEAC zone but old age and the blood of opposition politicians killed have damaged Paul Biya's brain and render him incapable of maintaining the leadership. Cameroun needs a Charismatic youth president to boost regional trade and creat job and wealth to the entire region