Calls for visa-free movements around the continent for African passport holders dominated the just-concluded World Economic Forum on Africa in Nigeria. Read more »
Small-scale farmers have improved access to loans, farm inputs, markets and advice due to a resurgence of agricultural cooperatives backed by goverment policy and donor funding. Read more »
Kenya and Nigeria have signed three agreements and four memoranda of understanding aimed at promoting trade between the two countries. Read more »
The president is being called on to lift a ban the United Nations imposed after it was believed that charcoal was the main financial source of militia group Al Shabaab. Read more »
Bilateral trade between China and African countries reached U.S.$210 billion in 2013 and Angola was China's second largest source of imported oil after Saudi Arabia, but the ... Read more »
The little-understood practice of misinvoicing or re-invoicing relies on legal grey areas and financial secrecy and costs the continent dearly, writes Brian Leblanc for ThinkAfrica ... Read more »
East African leaders have launched the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System which will simplify clearance processes of goods and boost trade. Read more »
Kenyan-born Malaika Firth has been selected as the first black model to be used as the face of Prada in 19 years. Read more »
The rapid growth of Addis Ababa has led to conflict between the government and Oromo activists who seek to maintain the integrity of the semi-autonomous Oromia Regional State, ... Read more »
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