SA IS pushing the US to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which enables sub-Saharan African countries to export more than 6400 items duty-free to that country.

Investment Opportunity: Infrastructure

Absa Group's investment banking arm plans to increase revenue growth by up to 60% in the next three years through boosting business in Africa.

Tanzania's tea export earnings through the Mombasa tea auction were lower on account of a decrease in unit volume.

RECENTLY, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum released their annual global competitiveness report placing Uganda among the worst areas to do business on the globe. According to the report, Uganda was behind Kenya and Tanzania.

Low prices of stocks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday triggered massive rise in turnover of traded equities which impacted positively in all market indices.

Rwandan export companies will benefit from a fund set up by Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to assist export-oriented private firms that operate in the country to improve on their competitiveness.

Dealers in the scrap industry attached to the Rwanda Scrap Association (RSA) have exported about 1,000 tonnes of ferrous substances over the last three months.

Talks to establish an effective international treaty on the trade in conventional arms are going at a snail's pace because of self interest and delaying tactics by some major arms exporters, warned international agency Oxfam today. This diplomatic wrangling is

Ministers from the five member states of the East African Community have signed the Common Market Protocol paving the way for the free movement of goods, labour, services and capital.

Civil society should call African parliaments to account on international trade negotiations as parliamentarians have in the past not been "robust" enough in ensuring that such talks deliver on developmental priorities.