The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment wraps up in Durban today. It will hopefully provide solutions that will have tangible effects

Industrial policy is only one of many signs that signify the recent shifts in the debate on development policy, especially in relation to Africa.

Africa’s robust 4.5% economic growth forecast for 2012 should not prompt premature celebration, the African Development Bank has cautioned.

The World Bank says Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent.