By Lance Chisue As regional integration deepens, the choice for manufacturers is no longer whether to automate – but how to do it intelligently. Southern Africa...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa stands apart. While military coups have swept across West and Central Africa with alarming regularity, the Southern African Development Community...
By Gregory Simpkins During the last decade, the international economic order has been in significant turmoil – from the immediate and ancillary impacts of the Russia-Ukraine...
Angola is set to become the 14th member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area (FTA), following the successful conclusion of a Trade...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson In a significant step toward advancing regional trade and economic integration, Namibia and Botswana have reiterated their commitment to the Trans-Kalahari Rail Corridor...
By Godfred Zina Security remains a pressing issue in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) as leaders from the East African Community (EAC)...
By Danilo Desiderio On February 7, 2025, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) officially presented a Time Release Study (TRS) analyzing the primary trade barriers along...
Kenya, currently holding the East African Community (EAC) presidency, has announced a joint summit with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on February 7-8 in Dar...
By Gregory Simpkins M23 Rebels Gain Ground in Eastern DR Congo The Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, who are steadily gaining territory in eastern Democratic...
The contest to lead the African Development Bank (AfDB) is gaining momentum as candidates from Zambia, Senegal, and Mauritania pledge to accelerate Africa’s development. Zambia’s Samuel...
By Danilo Desiderio The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has officially launched an electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) to streamline trade processes and...
By Danilo Desiderio The establishment of a unified African market under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is facing greater challenges and delays than initially...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has allocated US$400 million to support Zimbabwean-based pan-African companies aiming to invest across the continent. This initiative is anticipated to bolster...
The East African Community (EAC) is witnessing a notable transformation in its trading patterns, marked by a growing emphasis on intra-African trade and a corresponding decline...
By Paul Nantulya India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, termed Africa as India’s “sister continent,” in recognition of the long ties of affinity. Since the 1960s,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Integration in Africa was one of the pressing topics in the 1950s and 1960s. At a point, disagreement over how to achieve...
AP | Angolans are voting in an election in which President João Lourenço is seeking a second term and longtime opposition party National Union for the...
By Calestous Juma and Francis Mangeni A major trade deal signed in June 2015 is about to remake Africa. Dubbed the Tripartite Free Trade Area, the...
Senior African officials negotiating a trade deal to create a common market across half the continent said Monday the pact was ready to be signed. The...
By Kizito Sikuka Africa’s long-standing vision is an integrated, prosperous and united continent. This vision will come closer to reality this December when the largest integrated...
Embattled Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. PHOTO/File Lesotho will hold elections earlier than scheduled in 2017, in an effort to ease a political crisis that resulted...
The seaports and rail system of South Africa play an important role in the economies of not only that country, but those of neighboring landlocked members...
Madagascar President-Elect Hery Rajaonarimampianina. PHOTO/Reuters Madagascar on Friday declared Hery Rajaonarimampianina, a former finance minister backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, as the country’s new president, after...
The M23 rebel group, blamed for the revolt in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R. Congo) over the last year and a half, has announced...
Voter casts ballot in Madagascar presidential elections. PHOTO/Stephane De Sakutin/AFP Residents of the island-nation of Madagascar voted Friday in a presidential election they hope will restore...
Ask anyone with insider knowledge of Africa’s regional economic communities – and they will tell you that most of the issues keeping Africa apart are not...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. PHOTO/Reuters Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has indicated a willingness for “tit-for-tat” retaliation against companies from Britain and the United States on Sunday...
By Carlos Lopes It is unquestionable that Africa is on a major ascendance path, a trend shared by the rest of the rising ‘South’. Despite the...
(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said regional leaders will hold a summit to discuss how to fund an election later this year. Cash strapped Zimbabwe...
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete (l) with Malawi President Joyce Banda (r) Malawi President Joyce Banda has said that her country was giving up on mediation efforts...
Zimbabwe’s heavyweight neighbour South Africa on Monday dismissed a push by President Robert Mugabe for new polls without long-delayed reforms required by the country’s unity deal....
Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama has urged leaders of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region to demonstrate more commitment towards the integration...
Namibia says it will not sign a preferential trade deal with the European Union (EU) unless its interests are “adequately considered” and conditions met. The EU...
South Africa on Wednesday pushed its campaign for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to head the African Union (AU) executive, a key post to be decided...
Major road expansion works underway in Kenya. – East African (The East African) — Regional leaders are seeking to raise at least US$3 billion for a...
