The digital newspaper for development reporting
The African Continental Free Trade Area will help dismantle tariff and non-tariff barriers amid a pandemic and global recession. Accelerating Africa’s economic integration will cushion its fragile economies and help … Read More
Between February 24 and 27, about 3, 000 delegates including cabinet ministers and other high-level representatives of UN, AU and its Regional Economic Communities (RECs), convened in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, … Read More
Major world powers are jostling for political and economic influence in Africa, but what is behind the renewed interest on the continent and what are African countries doing about it? … Read More
After seven rounds of voting characterized by intense diplomatic battle, at the last AU Summit, South Africa’s Wamkele Mene emerged the first-ever Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area … Read More
President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa has assumed the chairpersonship of African Union at the ongoing 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and … Read More
Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa (RSA), addressed a gathering of his country’s ambassadors and heads of mission accredited to African countries, cabinet ministers and … Read More
In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) recently held a two-day experts’ meeting … Read More
William Carew, principal coordinator of the newly established African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) Secretariat, based in Lusaka, Zambia, speaks about his plans for the AU’s advisory … Read More
Africa has taken three significant steps in recent months on its journey to a stronger economic future. In March, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area … Read More
Mansur Ahmed, the interim president of the newly formed Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA), the umbrella body of manufacturers in Africa, spoke on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Industrialization … Read More
