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Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

Source: Reuters.

WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks

By Emma Farge 22 Mar 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

By Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

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Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Alison Williams 24 Oct 2022

Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

Elias Biryabarema 20 Oct 2022

Botswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

Botswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

28 Sep 2022

Uganda coffee exports plunge 29% in August on impact of drought

Uganda coffee exports plunge 29% in August on impact of drought

Elias Biryabarema 21 Sep 2022

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

SA Comp Commission, Egyptian Competition Authority sign MoU to increase collaboration

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Food, fuel shortages hit Tunisian shops

Food, fuel shortages hit Tunisian shops

Mohamed Argoubi 29 Aug 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

$3m investment to power expansion of African spirits maker Spearhead

$3m investment to power expansion of African spirits maker Spearhead

13 Jul 2022

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

Helen Reid 28 Jun 2022

Karen Nadasen, chair of the Ecommerce Forum of South Africa and CEO of PayU. Source: Supplied

E-commerce, payments and unlocking the potential of the AfCFTA

24 Jun 2022

#AfricaMonth: Montego upbeat about Africa's emerging market potential

#AfricaMonth: Montego upbeat about Africa's emerging market potential

Lauren Hartzenberg 30 May 2022

Birame Sock, Kwely founder and CEO. Source: Kwely

African B2B marketplace Kwely raises nearly $1m in seed funding

29 Apr 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

Boycotting Russian products might feel right, but can individual consumers really make a difference?

Mike Lee 24 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

Image source: © Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

25 Feb 2022

Source: Irochka via

AfCFTA: What has worked and the way forward on agricultural trade

Ameir Mbonde 21 Feb 2022

Source: stevepb via

Global food prices rise in January

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Africa emerging as next big retail hotspot - Kearney report

Africa emerging as next big retail hotspot - Kearney report

4 Jan 2022

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Dawit Endeshaw 3 Nov 2021

SA's Oryx Desert Salt lands listing at Whole Foods

SA's Oryx Desert Salt lands listing at Whole Foods

17 Sep 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic's shadow

Layli Foroudi 13 Jul 2021

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency highlights role of AfCFTA in eliminating poverty

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency highlights role of AfCFTA in eliminating poverty

13 Jul 2021

Billions in export revenue at risk if suppliers don't cut carbon emissions - study

Billions in export revenue at risk if suppliers don't cut carbon emissions - study

24 Jun 2021

Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports

Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports

Brian Benza 1 Jun 2021

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

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Bobby Madhav, FNB head of trade and structured trade and commodity finance

AfCFTA offers massive economic opportunities, but there is still much work to be done

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PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

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Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

Uganda says coffee exports down 14% year-on-year due to drought

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Boycotting Russian products might feel right, but can individual consumers really make a difference?

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Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

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Image source: © Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

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Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

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Source: Irochka via

AfCFTA: What has worked and the way forward on agricultural trade

Ameir Mbonde 21 Feb 2022

Source: stevepb via

Global food prices rise in January

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Africa emerging as next big retail hotspot - Kearney report

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Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

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SA's Oryx Desert Salt lands listing at Whole Foods

SA's Oryx Desert Salt lands listing at Whole Foods

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Billions in export revenue at risk if suppliers don't cut carbon emissions - study

Billions in export revenue at risk if suppliers don't cut carbon emissions - study

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Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports

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Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

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Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

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