[ANGOP] Seoul - The Angolan ambassador to South Korea, Albino Malungo, considered "very encouraging" the level of bilateral relations between the two counties. … [Read more...]
East Africa: Rwanda Launches National EAC Policy
[News of Rwanda] International community and specific member countries are very determined to see their interests in the East African regional integration. … [Read more...]
East Africa: U.S. Commerce Official On Development Partnerships
[State Department] Remarks of Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael C. Camuñez at U.S.-East Africa Public/Private Partnership Conference: … [Read more...]
Namibia: Increasing Cargo Volumes Through Walvis Bay
[Namibia Economist] There has been an air of excitement and expectation around the offices of Woker Freight Services (WFS) lately. In the past two weeks the WFS offices have resembled the packed and seemingly chaotic throng of Wall Street brokers in the throes of trading. This unexpected flood of clients was due to the increasing vessels calling on the port of … [Read more...]
Namibia: Maersk Remains Leader in Cargo Shipping
[Namibia Economist] Maersk has established itself as the leader in shipping in Namibia over the past 15 years. Maersk started its operations in the country in 1997 with the maiden call of the container vessel, Cornelia Maersk, at the port of Walvis Bay. … [Read more...]
Nigeria: FG, China Proposed Trade Harmonisation Agreement Fails
[This Day] Efforts to harmonise trade relations between the Peoples' Republic of China and Nigeria during a recent visit of the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Dr. Joseph Odumodu, to China may have failed. … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Tobacco Prices Remain Firm
[The Herald] TOBACCO prices have continued to remain firm at the auction floors, hovering above US$3 per kilogramme despite a decline in deliveries in recent days. According to statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board last Friday, the season average price was US$3,76 per kg, which is 41 percent higher that the US$2,67 per kg that was … [Read more...]
Africa: China Reports Spike in Agricultural Trade With the Continent
[Capital FM] Changsha - China-Africa trade on agricultural products has gone through years of fast growth and the trade volume reached 4.78 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, a Chinese official said on Saturday. … [Read more...]
East Africa: New Regional Body to Enhance Trade
[New Times] A new platform aimed at promoting women's participation in the East African Community's trade and integration process is set to be launched on Thursday next week. … [Read more...]
Africa: Assistant Secretary Carson On U.S. Policy to Continent
[State Department] U.S. Department of State Ambassador Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Trade Secrets and Other Malpractices
[Zimbabwe Independent] IN this 36th instalment, we canvass unfair competition in the context of trade secrets pilfering, disparagement, harassment and boycott. … [Read more...]
South Africa: Country Climbs Trade Efficiency Rankings
[SA Info] South Africa outperformed the rest of Africa, as well as its upper middle-income economy peers, in a World Bank survey of trade efficiency, improving its previous performance despite a general slowdown in trade logistics performance in the wake of the global recession. … [Read more...]


