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Trade is an important pathway to Africa's export led industrialisation. The World Bank predicts that the African Continental Free Trade Area...

Trade is an important pathway to Africa's export led industrialisation. The World Bank predicts that the African Continental Free Trade Area...

Is Africa having potential for regional value chains?

The UNDP is supporting African countries by collaborating with their governments to develop and implement policies for structural economic transformation.

The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is due to expire in 2025, a quarter of a century after it was first enacted. AGOA provides qualifying sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the US market for most agricultural and manufactured products. Its architects and supporters point to AGOA’s noble motives and success stories; indeed, the case for access to large regional and global markets that support critical levels of transformative investment is eternal. But while AGOA re...

Hear from Gillon McLachlan and Premier Jeremy Rockliff as Tasmania is awarded the 19th AFL licence

Transformation in Africa will not happen outside of the deliberate presence of young people. Young people are not just a parcel to the future they are the only bridge to arriving there. By: Zamayirha Peter for ACTIVATE! Change Drivers 

GABORONE  —  In the ninth century, an Ethiopian herder named Kaldi noticed something odd. Whenever his goats ate the berries of a particular tree, they seemed to get a jolt of energy. His curiosity piqued, Kaldi took some of the berries to a monastery, where the abbot took a taste and, shocked by their bitterness, tossed the berries into the fire. To both men’s surprise,

<p><span>The topic of today’s event is “regulating the new crypto ecosystem.” It is a hot topic of conversation in Washington, DC. The conversation reminds me of a book for toddlers, </span><span>Are You My Mother?</span><span> In that book, a newly hatched bird searches for his mother. He asks a cat, dog, hen, cow, and front-end loader, each of which disappoints the baby bird with the news that it is not the bab...

GBP/USD has rallied by nearly five big figures from its mid-May low as the US dollar fades lower on pared-back rate hike expectations.