Hundreds of traders from various business associations at the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, have staged a protest against the re-concession plan for the complex by the ... Read more »

South Africa and its neighbouring countries' failure to secure a post-Brexit free trade agreement with the United Kingdom means that it will be too late for Parliament to ratify ... Read more »

Uganda's Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa, has said Rwanda is engaging in a trade war by employing non-tax barriers to block Ugandan exports and preventing Rwandans from ... Read more »

The Observer reports that the Rwandan High Commissioner to Kampala, Frank Mugambage , met President Yoweri Museveni. Mugambage had several requests, including the closure of ... Read more »

Uganda has accused Rwanda of blocking cargo trucks and other vehicles, and stopping its nationals from crossing into Rwanda at the Katuna border amid a resurgence of hostility ... Read more »

Tanzanian authorities have imposed a ban on sugar imports a month after lifting another one, this time putting a stop to the issuing of permits. According to the Minister for ... Read more »

To stop illicit gold trading in Uganda the government's new mining policy will streamline mining activities, enforce transparency and improve the safety records in mines. According ... Read more »

The Pan-African passport was launched in July 2016 to facilitate the free movement of people within the continent, but up until now it has only been available to government ... Read more »

The first Intra-Africa Trade Fair was held with great fanfare in Cairo, spearheaded by African Export-Import Bank, a multilateral financial institution that finances and promotes ... Read more »

Rwanda's Paul Kagame is concluding the most consequential presidency of the African Union since the formative years of the institution, writes Jim Swan. Read more »