AFEX recommends improved infrastructure to foster food security in Africa
By Onome Amuge. AFEX, Nigeria’s leading commodities player, has highlighted the need for streamlined trade, harmonised standards, and
ECOWAS adopts strategy to drive e-commerce in West Africa
By Onome Amuge. The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed a regional
African farmers, exporters missing out on cashew wealth opportunities, UNCTAD reports
Onome Amuge Africa produces more than half of the world’s raw cashews but the continent has been unable to leverage on its processing
Nairobi hosts consultative meeting in preparation for AfCFTA phase II negotiations
The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations
Chinese investment helps Egypt top Africa’s FDI inflows
Egypt emerged Africa’s most preferred investment destination in 2017 as a large increase in Chinese investment across light
Experts urge Nigeria to sign AfCTA, say pact indispensable to trade expansion
Nigeria has been advised to reconsider its reluctance to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. According to
United Nations urges end to austerity, calls for ambition to rebalance global economy
The global economy appears stuck on its way to recovery, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Africa disappoints on global emerging market expectations
Africa has disappointed the world on its expected emergence as a strong and virile market, according to economic watchers. The
A decade after debt forgiveness, Africa still hooked on dollars
When rich countries wrote off billions of dollars of African debt in 2005, they hoped governments would think twice about borrowing
Rising dollar debts still a worry for Africa
*Govts advised to embrace local currency liabilities… Despite having a chunk of their dollar denominated debts written off in