Tag «Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)»

Morocco-Africa: Renegotiating tariffs can boost trade

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, March 20, 2017 – Relations between Morocco and the rest of the continent are intensifying. The Kingdom, which has just returned to the African Union and announced its intention to join the Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS), is pursuing commercial, economic and diplomatic offensives south of the Sahara. Above all, …

Recent expansion of Africa’s agricultural trade bodes well for food security, resilience

October 8, 2014—Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—Africa’s share of world agricultural trade has increased in recent years after decades of decline, and trade among African countries has been on the rise. Both trends have boosted Africans’ ability to access food and distribute it to the neediest during hard times, according to a report released today at the …