Trade & Investment

The inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country’s new leader was also an opportunity to display the direction the country has set for itself over the medium term. The emphasis was on business, regional economic integration and a revival of the pan-African dream. Wanjohi Kabukuru looks back on a hi…

While members of three of Africa’s largest trading blocs continue their discussions on greater intra-African economic and trade integration, the interests of one class of traders seem to have been ignored. These are the millions of informal traders who have plying their wares across border for centu…

Most of Africa’s rail network is dilapidated and in urgent need of modernisation. While the costs involved are high, the economic benefits across the board can be enormous. Richard Seymour reports.

China’s new President Xi Jinping turned his trip to the Brics summit in Durban, Cape Town in March into an excursion with visits to a number of African countries the Chinese economic dragon is trading with and investing in. China endeared itself to leaders across Africa’s political and ideological s…

Like the rest of the world, the UAE was negatively impacted by the global economic crisis between 2008 and 2009, especially the emirate of Dubai which was highly leveraged.

Perhaps the biggest driver for improved access to medicine has been India’s emergence as the pharmacy of the world. Indian companies, such as Cipla and Ranbaxy, have produced cheap and effective generic drugs for sale at a fraction of the cost of their European, Japanese and North American competito…

Africa has long struggled to find its place within the global pharmaceutical industry. International drugs manufacturers rely on massive revenues to help fund research and development (R&D), while also generating a profit for their shareholders. Yet, with some notable exceptions, there is a huge…

Mozambique’s quest for economic glory has been brought closer to reality by the opening up of massive gas and coal deposits in the country. In a sudden turn of economic events, the southeast African country stands to score massively from rich newly identified coal and gas deposits, and droves of inv…

Is Africa giving away the value of its minerals by exporting them unrefined? MJ Morgan sees signs that while beneficiation is growing, the issue is not entirely straightforward.

Efforts are finally being made to strengthen trade ties between East and Central Africa, through the construction of twin inland container depots (ICDs) on either each side of Lake Tanganyika. The eastern third of Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has traditionally traded more with the east co…