🌍 WTO talks in Yaounde end in deadlock over e-commerce
The World Trade Organization's week-long negotiations in Yaounde, Cameroon collapsed on Monday without reaching consensus on cross-border e-commerce t...
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🇳🇬 Exports proceeds repatriation: Manufacturers fault CBN’s
Nigeria's Central Bank has created a two-tier foreign exchange system that threatens to deepen the competitive disadvantage facing non-oil manufacture...
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🇳🇬 FG moves to clean up markets with new anti-counterfeit tr
Nigeria's Federal Government has launched an ambitious initiative to combat counterfeit and substandard goods through the Products Authentication and ...
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🌍 Liberia Targets Global Investment to Unlock Untapped
Liberia is positioning itself as West Africa's next frontier for aquatic resource development. The National Fisheries Investment Conference 2026, conv...
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🌍 Liberia: Liberia's Untapped Blue Economy Gets Its Definin
Liberia is positioning itself at an inflection point. With a coastline stretching 579 kilometers and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) rights extending 20...
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🇳🇬 NPA unveils Eastern Ports upgrade
Nigeria's ports have long been a bottleneck for the continent's non-oil export ambitions. Now, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is attempting to cha...
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🇿🇦 Supply chain realignment offers Africa chance to escape
Africa stands at an inflection point in global economic history. As Western corporations and governments accelerate supply chain diversification away ...
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🇿🇦 Police seize R160m in counterfeit goods
South African authorities have dismantled a coordinated counterfeit operation spanning three provinces, seizing goods valued at R160 million (approxim...
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🇳🇬 Aba’s garment, shoe industry can match oil earnings
Nigeria's crude oil sector has long dominated the nation's export portfolio, accounting for roughly 90% of government revenue. Yet a bold assertion fr...
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🇿🇦 Tourism must be SA’s defining story
South Africa stands at a critical inflection point in its tourism strategy. While international travel patterns have undoubtedly shifted due to geopol...
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🇳🇬 Buhari to sign Nigeria up to African Continental Free Trade
** Nigeria's formal commitment to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) represents a watershed moment for continental commerce—and a ...
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🇰🇪 Diageo sells Kenyan drinks business to Japan's Asahi Group
The announcement that Diageo intends to divest its Kenyan spirits business to Japan's Asahi Group represents a significant recalibration in the global...
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🇪🇬 Egypt, Bangladesh ink joint economic
Egypt and Bangladesh have formalized a comprehensive economic and technical cooperation agreement, a strategic development that reshapes regional trad...
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🇰🇪 Mid-East conflict, port inefficiencies hit tea exporters
Kenya's tea sector, which generates approximately $1.5 billion in annual export revenue and supplies roughly 12% of global tea demand, is facing unpre...
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🇳🇬 Gani Adams urges Olumo Festival Separation to boost tourism
Nigeria's cultural tourism sector is at an inflection point. Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland—a paramount traditional authority represen...
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🇰🇪 New ISO certification raises bar for Kenya's car importers
Kenya's automotive import sector has long operated in a fragmented landscape dominated by informal dealers, questionable sourcing practices, and inc...
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🇰🇪 Mideast war leaves 6,000 tonnes of tea stuck at Kenya port
The escalation of military tensions in the Middle East is creating unexpected casualties in global commodity markets, with East African tea exporters ...
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🇺🇬 Uganda, Norway Pledge to Boost Trade and Economic
Uganda and Norway have formalized a commitment to expand bilateral trade and investment cooperation, marking a strategic realignment in East Africa's ...
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🇳🇬 Major FMCG companies cut debts by 28% to N1.2trn in 2025,
Nigeria's fast-moving consumer goods sector is undergoing a significant financial recalibration. Eight major FMCG companies listed on the Nigerian Exc...
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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Legalises Ban On Second-Hand Clothes
** Zimbabwe's Ministry of Industry and Commerce has taken a decisive step by formalising a ban on second-hand clothing imports, marking a significant...
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