A forest project in Tsavo East National Park that has helped reduce human-wildlife conflict has been cleared to start earning money from its ability to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere.
Kenyan flower exporters are battling to shake off the European stranglehold as they renew their campaign for a bigger share of the Japanese market.
Special economic zones will be rolled out in six months to replace export processing zones which have been facing hitches.
With the recently held Fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and China's 10 billion dollar pledge for Africa, the pundits and the media are questioning the relationship.
A meeting between Abera Deressa (PhD), state minister for Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD), and meat exporters ended in disagreement over low meat export.
AFRICAN countries must stop exporting raw materials to developed economies and promote value addition and create jobs to fight poverty, Nelson Gaggawala, the trade state minister, has said.
EXPORTS from creative industries generated over $239m (about sh449b) in the last four years, a survey has showed.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Government remains committed to providing more educational facilities towards quality education in Liberia. Government has made some progress, the President said, but acknowledged that there is still more to be done.
New efficient border posts being considered by the EAC, SADC and Comesa blocs will significantly reduce the cost of cross-border trade.
In 2002, the total trade volume between China and Tanzania came to USD 128 million, of which China's export was USD 121 million and import USD6.62 million.
As confidence continues to creep back onto the market, Botswana diamond exports tripled in September, further cutting down the country's trade deficit.
The deadlock in trade negotiations between the EU and South Africa that threatened to break the world's oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is set to ease off, thanks to progress being made in ironing out differences between the two parties.
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) member states have opened the first-ever one stop border post (OSBP) facility that will increase the region's trade and reduce cross border delays by up to 50%.
Tanzania sold 2,031 tonnes of maize to Kenya in October and 1,433 tonnes the previous month. However, Tanzania imported large quantities of rice from Kenya and Uganda.
THERE is a market for Ugandan products if the quality is good, the assistant executive director of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has said.
CHILLI coming from Uganda will soon be banned from the European Union (EU), the amount of pesticide residues is far beyond the acceptable level of 0.05 by the EU food authorities.
The Minister, Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday disclosed plans to partner with Chris Aire to create a jewellry line which would be made from local gemstones to make Nigeria a global market of gemstones.
Kenya urgently needs legislation to fight human trafficking, an aid agency says.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) said it has generated over N36 billion between September and November. The Customs Area Comptroller (CAC) Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) Ahmed H. Aliu, said this at the weekend in Lagos.
The Doha agreement which sought to end trade barriers among members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may end next year, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Achike Udenwa has said.
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU )with Zhejiang Province of China on strengthening and increasing trade and investment relations between the two countries.
The United States has stepped up pressure on Madagascar's rulers to agree on a transitional government or face losing trade benefits under American law.
Madagascar has been a leader in the utilization of the trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) since becoming eligible in October 2000. The Act requires the President to annually designate countries as eligible to receive the benefits of AGOA if they have established, or are making continual progress in certain criteria, including the rule of law and political pluralism.
The Beit El Hikma Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Carthage, is hosting from November 25 to December 10, an exhibit on the theme "A Sea of Laws".
Since 2002 the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have been working to put in place new trade Agreements (EPAs). EPAs replace the previous preferences for ACP countries, which became open to challenge in the WTO by other developing countries. The dilemma was how to safeguard the development requirements of the ACP while respecting international rules.
