Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as one of two finalists - both women - for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organization, along with South Korea's Yoo ... Read more »

Nigerian-born Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is one of two finalists - alongside the Republic of Korea's trade minister - in the race to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO). ... Read more »

UPDATE: Okonjo-Iweala Makes Final Round to Lead World Trade Organization The global trade regulator is about to name the two contenders for the final Read more »

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera is on a three-day state visit to Tanzania, on the back of the unresolved boundary dispute on Lake Malawi. He will visit the Malawi Cargo Centre, ... Read more »

Every year, an estimated U.S.$88.6 billion, equivalent to 3.7% of Africa's GDP, leaves the continent as illicit capital flight, according to UNCTAD's Economic Development in Africa ... Read more »

Kenya will go it alone in negotiations for an economic partnership agreement with the UK, leaving its East African neighbours with an option to join later. Meetings called to ... Read more »

The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is marking the decade-long Feed the Future campaign, which enables partner organisations to target the root causes of ... Read more »

The communiqué from the private sector chief executives said that "ignoring the voice of Africa and other emerging economies will have dramatic consequences for and ... Read more »

 Proposed changes to the US Generalized System of Preferences program (GSP) threaten to vitiate key provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), a coalition of ... Read more »

With only four months to the expiry of the current trade arrangement, in which East African Community partner states enjoy duty-free and quota-free access to the lucrative UK ... Read more »