The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement came into effect on the 1 January 2021. A total of 54 of Africa's 55 countries have agreed, in principle, to participate in the agreement...
Bobby Madhav 22 Apr 2021
As countries across Africa roll out vaccines to combat the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it is becoming increasingly evident that the continent is in desperate need of ICT systems and healthcare solutions that can support mass vaccination programmes...
Praba Moonsamy 17 Mar 2021
Africa holds around 7% of the world's proven crude oil and natural gas reserves, yet the continent remains largely under-explored...
NJ Ayuk 6 Jan 2020
African countries need to expedite the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade in order to lessen reliance on both China and the United States, offset the potential outcome of the Brexit impasse and mitigate the collateral and far-reaching impact of the trade war between the two biggest markets...
African countries have been urged to focus on improving intra-continental trade if significant economic growth is to be tangible...
The 7th edition of the largest international meeting of Africa's private sector, the Africa CEO Forum, kicked off this week in Kigali, Rwanda...
Africa CEO Forum 2019: 1,500 business leaders come together to make African economic integration a reality...
One of the most important trends to emerge in recent years is that it is increasingly difficult to identify individual risks in isolation...
When at least 22 countries ratify it, AfCFTA will officially come into force, potentially making the African continent the largest trading bloc in the world...
Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018
Angola's sovereign wealth fund, Fundo Soberano de Angola, has committed to invest $180 million in a strategic deep sea port in Angola. This investment will create the first deep sea water port in Angola...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: African leaders signed Wednesday a 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market that would span half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town.
Nigerian companies have a "huge appetite" for investing in South Africa, says the Nigeria-SA Chamber of Commerce.