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Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

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Traders call for retaliation following Kenyan ban on exports

Traders call for retaliation following Kenyan ban on exports

27 Oct 2023

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African SMEs need to prioritise supply chain management

28 Sep 2017

Setting up shop in Africa presents challenges

Setting up shop in Africa presents challenges

31 Aug 2017

DRC temporarily bans import of key consumer goods

DRC temporarily bans import of key consumer goods

29 Aug 2017

#FreshConnections: The realities of trading in Africa

#FreshConnections: The realities of trading in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Aug 2017

Negotiations for a single continental market for goods and services on track

Negotiations for a single continental market for goods and services on track

1 Aug 2017

The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor

The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor

Laura Pereira 31 Jul 2017

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New pan-African fruit industry association to strengthen trade between Africa and EU

21 Jul 2017

Rwanda's essential oils offer big profits from little land

Stephanie Aglietti 20 Jul 2017

Developing countries urged to set international food standards

Developing countries urged to set international food standards

19 Jul 2017

Selling Brazilian fashions, the women of Angola's ‘suitcase trade' spot trends and pedal dreams

Selling Brazilian fashions, the women of Angola's ‘suitcase trade' spot trends and pedal dreams

Léa Barreau Tran 17 Jul 2017

East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017

East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017

11 Jul 2017

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

Bekezela Phakathi 30 Jun 2017

Left to Right: Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chairman Apollo Owuor welcomes newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki to the association

Kenya's horticulture sector to undergo major changes as new standard comes into play

28 Jun 2017

Ugandan traders turn to Dar es Salaam port

Ugandan traders turn to Dar es Salaam port

27 Jun 2017

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

20 Jun 2017

Inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo kicks off in November

Inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo kicks off in November

12 Jun 2017

#AfricaMonth: Internal trade barriers show signs of falling

Ilse van den Berg 30 May 2017

Harnessing informal trade can boost African livelihoods

Harnessing informal trade can boost African livelihoods

29 May 2017

New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

Cari Coetzee 24 May 2017

Africa needs export diversification

Africa needs export diversification

26 Apr 2017

Dangote aims to be largest global rice exporter by 2021

Dangote aims to be largest global rice exporter by 2021

24 Apr 2017

Oxford Business Group with Okechukwu E Enelamah, Nigeria's minister of industry and trade.

Nigeria announces tax breaks, export incentives to boost production

13 Apr 2017

Misinvoicing practices loses Africa billions of dollars

Misinvoicing practices loses Africa billions of dollars

8 Mar 2017

New accord to boost trade between Kenya and Egypt

New accord to boost trade between Kenya and Egypt

Aggrey Mutambo 22 Feb 2017

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Peterson Tumwebaze 7 Feb 2017

Zimbabwe slaps VAT on basic foodstuffs

Zimbabwe slaps VAT on basic foodstuffs

3 Feb 2017

diego_cue via - Train on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe

Overland freight costs strangle trade with neighbours, study shows

Karl Gernetzky 6 Jan 2017

Nigeria seizes smuggled plastic rice

Nigeria seizes smuggled plastic rice

23 Dec 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

Logistics the lifeblood of trade in Africa

Logistics the lifeblood of trade in Africa

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Selling Brazilian fashions, the women of Angola's ‘suitcase trade' spot trends and pedal dreams

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How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

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Harnessing informal trade can boost African livelihoods

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New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

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Africa needs export diversification

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Dangote aims to be largest global rice exporter by 2021

Dangote aims to be largest global rice exporter by 2021

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Oxford Business Group with Okechukwu E Enelamah, Nigeria's minister of industry and trade.

Nigeria announces tax breaks, export incentives to boost production

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Misinvoicing practices loses Africa billions of dollars

Misinvoicing practices loses Africa billions of dollars

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New accord to boost trade between Kenya and Egypt

New accord to boost trade between Kenya and Egypt

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Rwanda to export fortified foods

Rwanda to export fortified foods

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Zimbabwe slaps VAT on basic foodstuffs

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ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

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Logistics the lifeblood of trade in Africa

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4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

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FAO raises its world cereal production forecast

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Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility

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Major Mauritian delegation to Source Africa

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South Africa SMEs should consider African expansion

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