The old assumption - that industrialization is engineered within national borders - has expired. Africa's economic future will be shaped not by the walls that divide...
By Gregory Simpkins In recent weeks, the island of Greenland has become a hot international topic. It has been at the top of the agenda for...
By Dishant Shah In diplomatic corridors and boardrooms across the continent, a familiar question echoes: “Should Africa align with India or China?” The premise is flawed...
Kenya has announced a new directive allowing citizens from nearly all African countries to enter without prior authorization. This replaces the controversial Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)...
By Mary Alorh The recent visit of China’s foreign minister to Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country and a key trade partner, has reinforced the strong...
By Gregory Simpkins The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has long enjoyed bipartisan support, but partisan squabbles appear to have doomed its long-term extension during the...
By Paul Nantulya Africa-China relations in 2025 kicked off with a trip to the continent by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi from January 5-11. Since 1991,...
By Danilo Desiderio The Abuja Treaty (1991) for the establishment of the African Economic Community recognized cooperation among African customs administrations as a cornerstone for the...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Founded in the mid-1970s, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aimed to advance regional integration, prioritizing economic collaboration over political...
By Ryan Elcock Donald Trump’s unexpected return to the White House for a second term has sent ripples across the globe. For the Caribbean, a region...
By Mary Alorh Africa’s collective efforts are pivotal in achieving transformative policies like the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which aims to streamline the free...
Guyana has signaled potential restrictions on fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries if barriers to Guyanese exports persist. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo emphasized reciprocity during the Guyana...
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 All members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including countries and customs territories, undergo periodic reviews of their trade policies. The frequency of...
Late last week, Uganda launched a significant US$3 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project that will connect the country to the Kenyan border, with the potential...
Fourteen Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Georgetown, Guyana, on November 20, 2024. This historic summit marks the first...
Ghana is poised to begin sourcing petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery once it achieves full capacity, which would lessen its dependence on expensive imports from...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent report by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Institute analyzed the early trade experiences under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), emphasizing the importance...
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is set to begin importing milk and coffee from Uganda, marking a significant step forward for intra-African trade. This development follows...
By Danilo Desiderio One of the major obstacles to the movement of agricultural and food products among African countries is the variation in Sanitary and Phytosanitary...
By Gregory Simpkins The pan-African publication African Arguments asked a very pertinent question in its September 10 issue: When will African leaders resist the neocolonial summons?...
By Mary Alorh To be recognized as a global superpower, a nation must demonstrate dominance across multiple areas such as trade, defense, and more. Over the...
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...
By Mary Alorh The recent coups in the Sahel region have accelerated the expansion of global powers on the African continent. China and Russia are deepening...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu During the last United Nations General Assembly session, the Guinean leader emphasized that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Years ago, I read a report highlighting how South Korea’s economy experienced significant growth through infrastructure development, contributing about 3 percent to...
Digital trade is currently gaining significant traction in Africa. A recent analysis by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) explored the impact of the Protocol on Digital...
By Charles Sekwalor For the last decade, Africa has tempted businesses with the promise of immense opportunity. The continent’s rapidly growing youthful population, vibrant cultural scenes...
China has soared to become sub-Saharan Africa’s top trading partner in the past two decades. A fifth of the region’s exports now head to China, while...
By Gregory Simpkins I was blessed to have been involved with the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from when it was a legislative proposal while...
Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has expressed deep concerns regarding Trinidad & Tobago’s recent refusal to accept a shipment of milk and water from Guyana, citing...
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 Fidel Amakye Owusu Anytime the boundaries of Africa are discussed, the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885 emerges. The conference organized by Europe and hosted by the...
Business Daily | Kenya has begun twitching its online visitor registration service that policymakers wanted to use to ease travel into the country, but which saw...
Xinhua | Ghana is about to implement a policy to grant visa-free entry to all Africans visiting the country by the end of 2024, President Nana...
By Paul Nantulya and Leland Lazarus 2024 is a pivotal year for China and the Global South. China continues to make an active diplomatic push for...
Bloomberg | Zambia plans to build a new rail connection to link a Lake Tanganyika harbor to an existing line that runs to neighboring Tanzania, boosting...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Days ago, I wrote that West Asian states in the Gulf could gain a strategic advantage in the current great power struggle...
By Paul Frimpong Over the last decades, China has been at the forefront of championing multiple global initiatives, including the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global...
Africanews | Kenyan President William Ruto has announced the impending removal of visa requirements for all African visitors by the end of this year. Speaking at...
Bloomberg | Tanzania will target boosting investment from India, the East African nation’s biggest trading partner, by 10-fold in the next 2 years. The Tanzania Investment...
By Ulf Engel After seven years of advocating for full membership, the African Union (AU) will join the Group of 20 “most important industrialized and developing...
By Chinedu Okafor According to Uganda’s finance ministry, the nation’s yearly and monthly trade deficits with the rest of the world have decreased as a result...
By William Blackie African commodities played an important role in China’s development into a modern industrial giant and global economic superpower. Africa has also benefited from...
Guyana will host the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) in October, according to a statement. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Guyana government...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their three-day summit in Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday night agreeing to have the free movement of all categories of people...
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is reviewing its trade instruments to make them fit for purpose to facilitate increased trade, agricultural expansion, and industrial development beyond...
By Gregory Simpkins God has blessed Africa with abundant human and natural resources. Human resources often leave their home countries for more promising opportunities elsewhere, but...
By Jessica Blake Reuters | Africa is rich with women entrepreneurs. In fact, the continent has the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs in the world, with...
Guyana is expected to record the highest growth among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries this year, while Haiti will record under one percent growth in 2023, according...
Landry Signé and Chido Munyati African logistics have struggled to cater to the continent’s growing population and dynamic private sector for far too long. New research...
Energy Capital & Power| The meetings saw Mohamed bin Twar discuss investment opportunities between Qatar and Uganda with Minister Abu Bakr that will serve to encourage Qatari...
By Niamh Gaynor Economists have urged African countries to shift to low-cost manufacturing – the path that led countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea,...
By Gregory Simpkins Two decades ago, The Economist magazine labeled Africa as hopeless. “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown (Sierra Leone) was remote and...
By Gregory Simpkins For two decades, the United States has held a trio of conferences that used to be considered summits: the African Growth and Opportunity...
AP |The presidents of South Africa and Kenya said Wednesday they have resolved a long-standing visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has launched a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. The CARICOM Interactive Marketplace Suspension Procedure (CIMSUPRO)...
Bloomberg | Africa’s annual exports are expected to double to US$540 billion by 2030 from a decade earlier, chiefly on shipments from Nigeria to the Asian...
By Gregory Simpkins I count myself blessed to have been involved in the creation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and nearly a dozen...
By Gregory Simpkins Many people who are not familiar with international affairs see situations as strictly black and white; villain and victim. While there is some...
MVX wants to make freight shipping and trade finance easier for African businesses by bringing booking and deployment processes online.
Intra-African trade provides a compelling opportunity to move away from reliance on exports of raw materials and develop the continent’s economies
Trade agreement has the potential to create the world’s largest free trade area since the creation of the World Trade Organization
By Maha Rafi Atal Last week, the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Nairobi, Kenya for its regular ministerial conference. The meeting produced several breakthroughs, including...
By Stefan M. Selig In July this year, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa and shared an important message at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi,...
By Ronald Sanders The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticized almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important...
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...
South Africa is to establish a free trade zone between its southern African neighbors and its counterparts in the eastern and western regions of the continent....
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...
Editor’s Note: One of the best things about Katrin is how much heart she has. Not only does she care deeply about the things she does;...
Editor’s Note: Mr. Ngwenya is especially instructive on what can be achieved in both the short and long run when it comes to regional integration. COMESA’s...
By Papiso Matsau Ethiopian portion of the Cape to Cairo highway. PHOTO/File “So, what time is your flight?” my mother asked. “We are not flying, we...
The upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit is a knee-jerk reaction to the growing Chinese influence in Africa, according to Ugandan newspaper NewVision. The biggest U.S. investments in Africa and the...
African countries south of the Sahara are poised to enjoy a surge in growth in their banking and trade systems in the upcoming decades. According to...
Though government is now starting to talk the talk on helping business, it has yet to put local manufacturers in its procurement policies. It was about...
“I know not everybody cannot afford to provide collateral to go to the bank, because when I first started as a business woman, I could not...
African sugar producers on Tuesday sought ways to increase trade of the commodity on the continent to survive falling world prices and the end of duty-free...
Australia’s Base Titanium is in tense royalty talks with the Kenyan government for its first shipment of ilmenite. Joe Schwarz, the general manager for Base Titanium...
China’s enduring importance for Africa was strengthened again in 2013, when trade between the globe’s most populous country and the African continent soared to a record...
By Paul Frimpong DEAD AID: Why TRADE facilitation is necessary but not AID Indeed to realize the potential of Africa, there is the need to develop...
Africa’s top trading partners. COURTESY/U.S. Senator Chris Coons According to Standard & Poor’s, the U.S. government shutdown ‘… shaved at least 0.6 percent off of annualized fourth-quarter...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (r), accompanied by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, inspects a guard of honor at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,...
(IANS) – Business leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday to identify specific measures to eliminate...
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...
Studies looking at the impact of Western aid programs have revealed that there is zero correlation between per capita overseas development assistance and changes in gross...
India and China are actively competing for business on the increasingly important African continent. The demand for resources to fuel their rapidly growing economies is playing...
(PR Republic) – The Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA) has launched a survey to gauge perceptions about Chinese companies doing business across 15 African countries....
From left to right, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, U.S. President Barack Obama, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, and...
U.S. President Barack Obama and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete stand for the national anthem at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 1, 2013....
Manufactures in Jamaica have accused Trinidad & Tobago of breaching the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) trade rules established under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas by imposing non-tariff...
Africa’s top trading partners. COURTESY/U.S. Senator Chris Coons The U.S. can’t afford to ignore investment and trade with Africa now that countries like China and India...
Senator Chris Coons. PHOTO/Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Delaware lawmaker says the United States ignores trading opportunities in Africa at its peril. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who chairs...
Trade with Africa – and within Africa – has seen a number of new developments in recent years as new trading partners become more prominent and...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being urged to review their visa regimes so as to lure more visitors to the region. The recommendation comes from the...
The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua & Barbuda intends to pursue retaliatory sanctions against U.S. commercial services and intellectual property as part of its David vs....
South Africa’s biggest bank, Standard Bank, on Monday said that trade between China and Africa is likely to be over US$200 billion this year. The bank...
By Dawn Nagar and Mark Paterson As Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa could substantially enhance the continent’s development prospects — particularly if they...
Swiftly following on the heels of the news that Prime Minister Freundel Stuart declared that Barbados would be moving to address the current trade imbalance that...
India has overtaken the United States to become Nigeria’s largest market for exports, according to the first quarter Trade Statistics released by the Nigeria National Bureau...
Zimbabwe has set sights on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging world economic powerhouses as a source of trade and...
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African...
(Reuters) – African countries can prepare for the impact of the euro-zone crisis that threatens to derail economic growth on the continent by improving trade between...
Government has decided to bring the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement into full force.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, has charged the membership of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AmCham) to seize the window of...
