Senior officials from Sierra Leone are in a four-day retreat in the capital Freetown, to refine a strategy to boost the country's export sector.

Kenya and South Africa will next week set up a joint secretariat to ease trade between them, giving local investors easier access to the Johannesburg market.

By the end of this financial year, it could become possible for a citizen of any of the East African Community member states to get employed in any of the five countries or set up a business.

Prime minister Wen Jiabao will be in Egypt next month for the second China-Africa summit amidst reports of a sharp increase in Chinese investments in the continent.

China's investment in Nigeria has reach about N888 billion ($6 billion), the National President of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has said.

As donor agencies abroad and organisations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reduce development financing to African countries, African governments have been urged to diversify its raw material based economy.

The Republic of Cuba will submit a request to the Nations General Assembly today to urge the lifting of sanctions imposed on it by the US blockade since 1960, the Embassy here disclosed at a press conference yesterday.

The Gambian economy used to rely very heavily on the re-export trade to boost up its export earnings. In fact, in 2006 the Secretary of State for Finance indicated that "about 65 percent of imports are classified as imports for

Over 40 workers from coffee processing industries have undergone training to improve their skills in ballista, coffee roasting and blending.

Nigeria Breweries, Guinness and other breweries in the country have been urged to introduce more quality drinks into the Nigerian market, to counter the influx of adulterated foreign drinks and their adverse effects on the health of the citizenry.

The East African Community will this week hold a two-day high level regional forum to discuss key implementation issues of the Customs Union and the main challenges to trade facilitation in the region, the EAC Secretary General Mr Juma Mwapachu

Fair Trade Movement Rwanda chapter, was yesterday officially launched at Rwanda Development Board (RDB), in a strategy to access regional and global markets.

Capital market players will soon operate under a new stringent regime, as the regulator moves to bring order to a sector that has seen rogue brokers literally smile all the way to the banks with client's money.

Importers are making merry over the current strength of the Shilling, saying it will boost their purchasing power. But the situation is leaving exporters in a tight corner as they anticipate lower demand for their exports.

President, African Export-Import Bank(AFREXIMBANK), Egypt, Mr. Jean-Louise Ekra has canvassed the need for economic and trade diversification in Africa, saying the issue of economic and trade diversification in the continent would reduce external shock associated with commodity production and trade.

The Erongo Trade Expo kicks off this week with nearly 110 stands, as well as the WesBank Auto Show, at the Walvis Bay Civic Centre.

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has frowned at the re-introduction of eight charges regarded as 'illegal fees' in Nigerian ports.

Small-scale cross-border traders could see better fortunes after regional trade ministers approved a list of products to be incorporated into a new simplified trade regime.

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