Africa Continental Free Trade Area
latest news & developments
UAE ramps up African infrastructure investment as Gulf states compete for trade influence
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development is accelerating oversight of large road projects in Togo, Madagascar and Nigeria as Gulf states expand strategic infrastructure investments…
Ramaphosa tells CEO forum white people who fled to US are not being ‘hounded’
He told US President Donald Trump during a phone call there was no racial persecution in South Africa
IDC performance highlights for 2022/23 FY
The Corporation ramped-up its investment into the economy significantly in the year in review. In the year ahead, job creation will remain paramount to the IDC’s objectives
Red tape is strangling small businesses
People in countries such as Brazil, India and China are two to three times more likely to be entrepreneurs than South Africans.
The Africa investment protocol: a prickly pear for Africans
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area is set to be launched in January 2021. But the secretariat still needs to ensure that investors are adequately protected
US foreign policy may be creating instability in Africa
Sometimes, the best foreign policy might be not to get involved at all