The war in Sudan has devastated the economy and agricultural production, but a UN-backed plan aims to mobilise private sector investment to help farmers return to their [...]

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and Ethiopian Investment Holdings are investing $660 million to build a petroleum-products pipeline connecting landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti’s coast, creating new infrastructure [...]

Ethiopian businesses will soon have a clear, practical roadmap for trading goods across the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Government, private sector and development partners have [...]

South Africa is proposing a dedicated Critical Minerals Investment Platform and a South Africa-USA Critical Minerals Working Group to turn growing interest in the sector into concrete [...]

South Africa is considering a further tightening of its steel import regime, with the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) proposing higher customs duties, new import controls and [...]

The Department of Trade Industry and Competition (dtic) has withdrawn a ministerial directive that would have required a wide range of “unregulated” goods from China to receive [...]