November 14, 2008
Africa: How South Africa Should Handle G20 Summit
South Africa is the only country from Africa represented at Saturday's summit of the heads of state of the G20 grouping of countries, called to discuss the global financial crisis… Read more »
September 17, 2008
South Africa: Govt Should Focus on Technology, Education and Infrastructure
South Africa, which is facing a growing deficit on its trade and current accounts, should address the need to grow local manufacturing and create jobs by fostering new technology… Read more »
July 20, 2008
Africa: World Trade Talks Reach Crunch Point
Negotiations to free up international trade culminate after seven years in a round of talks this week which will be crucial for Africa. Success would be in African countries'… Read more »
June 18, 2008
Africa: Trade Reforms Can Cut Food Prices
An international panel set up to review whether economically-developed countries are keeping their promises to Africa said this week that progress in talks on a new global trade… Read more »
June 16, 2008
Africa: Rising Food Prices Will Kill Children, Says Panel
There will be a "sharp increase" in deaths among young children in Africa unless the international community finds a way of stopping the current rise in food prices,… Read more »
June 03, 2008
South Africa: Leaders Deal With Bars to Nigerian Business
Obstacles to Nigerians doing business in South Africa appear to have received as much attention in talks during President Umaru Yar'Adua's state visit to South Africa as recent… Read more »
May 15, 2008
Africa: Economic Integration Requires New Strategies
The long-held dream of integrating Africa economically remains elusive, and new strategies are required for realising it, writes guest columnist Nkululeko Khumalo ahead of an… Read more »
April 30, 2008
Africa: Fight Food Prices by Freeing Up Trade
Barriers to free trade are exacerbating the current global food crisis, making the conclusion of the Doha round of global trade talks being conducted by the World Trade… Read more »
April 10, 2008
Africa: Hopes Rise for Global Trade Deal
The current round of international trade talks, the "Doha Round," which many Africans hope will open new markets for them in developed countries, enter a crucial few… Read more »
March 18, 2008
Africa: UK Envoy Calls for Urgent Citizen Advocacy on Trade
Paul Boateng, the British cabinet minister who left that post to become his country's high commissioner to South Africa, has been visiting the United States with the declared aim… Read more »
March 07, 2008
Africa: Continent Needs World Trade Deal, Says WTO Chief
The first international trade negotiations which proclaim as one of their objectives reducing discrimination against developing countries in the global trading system are entering… Read more »
March 06, 2008
Southern Africa: European Trade Deal Challenges Unity
Trade talks between the European Union and southern African countries have opened up serious differences between Europe and South Africa, and between South Africa and her… Read more »
February 04, 2008
Africa: Europe Trade Pacts Offer New Challenges, Opportunities
New trade agreements with Europe have raised legitimate fears for the future of African industry but offer new potential for two-way trade, buttressed by aid and "aid for… Read more »
November 14, 2007
Africa: Major Reforms Boosting Growth, Says World Bank
Africa’s prospects for economic growth are improving as a result of reforms in macro-economic management and trade policy, as well as better governance, the World Bank… Read more »
October 15, 2007
South Africa: Leaders Meet to Promote Global South Trade
The leaders of three major growing economies of the Global South – South Africa, Brazil and India – are meeting in Pretoria this week to promote trade and cooperation… Read more »
October 01, 2007
Senegal: President Wade Wants 'More Fair' Trade
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has proposed a "level field" for free trade with Africa that would eliminate "unfair" agricultural subsidies and encourage… Read more »
September 24, 2007
Africa: Aid Critical To Ensuring Benefits From Trade
While developing and industrialized countries continue to wrestle in the Doha Round of negotiations to reach a new international trade agreement, there is increasing recognition… Read more »
August 14, 2007
Mozambique: President Promotes Private Enterprise, Investment
On a continent often described by its problems, many countries, including my own, would rather be defined by the solutions they adopt and the decisions they are implementing. Read more »
July 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Agoa Forum Meets in Accra
The sixth United States African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Forum meets Wednesday and Thursday in Accra. Read more »
July 17, 2007
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Cancels Ghana Trip
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled her scheduled trip to Ghana this week to stay in Washington to focus on Middle East issues. Read more »
June 25, 2007
Africa: Crisis in World Trade Talks Upsets Continent
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scrambles to save the Doha Round of international trade negotiations from collapsing, a WTO spokesperson told allAfrica today that African… Read more »
June 21, 2007
West Africa: Free Trade With U.S. Would Boost Cotton Farmers
Poor West African farmers' incomes could increase by about 5 percent if the United States eliminated its cotton subsidies, according to a new report released today by Oxfam… Read more »
June 08, 2007
Africa: 'Remarkable Turnaround,' but Aid, Trade Lacking - World Bank Economist
As the 2007 Group of Eight [G8] summit concludes, African countries are still looking for industrialized nations to follow through on aid promises from previous summits. G8… Read more »
February 17, 2007
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Get a Sweeter Deal With U.S. Chocolate Launch
Divine Chocolate, a fair-trade enterprise partially owned by cocoa farmers in Ghana, launched a new company in the United States on a snowy Valentine’s Day. Read more »
January 31, 2007
Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead
The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »
