If Africa can trade with itself, on its own terms, in its own currencies, it could rewrite the rules of global commerce
The mineral and petroleum resources department attributed this to a lower average Brent crude oil price and firmer rand during the period under review
The biggest challenge to the dollar comes from China, the US’s main economic rival
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar cites policy differences, well as cost and efficiency, as stumbling blocks.