Africa business news

Ghanaian president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday said his government was strategizing to increase export volumes under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from 29 million U.S. dollars …

“To me it’s a no-brainer. If you can put the fruit into a 40ft reefer box that’s as close as possible to the tree, then you stand a much better …

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), an investment grade rated multilateral financial institution, says it is opening its shareholding to the investing public through the issuance of Depositary Receipts. A statement issued …

When Miles Nan got an invitation from a Chinese compatriot already residing in Botswana then, he did not hesitate to start packing his bags and heading to the Promised Land. …

AMI – the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler – is set to revolutionise express imports to South Africa, with the launch of an all-inclusive online service. Called click2ship …

Cargo exports in Nigeria have continued to increase since the devaluation of naira and implementation of certain policies deliberately to facilitate exports. Seyi Adewale, chief commercial officer, Nigerian Aviation Handling …

The reported 3 livestock quarantines, with a collective capacity to host over 42,000 export-ready cattle concurrently, have a combined construction cost of 210 million Ethiopian birr (close to 9.1 million …

A three-day “Namaskar 2017” exposition, to be held in Accra later this month, aims to brand India as a leading economic player and partner of the West African region and …

THERE is need for Zambia to accelerate agricultural development with a modernised and technologically-based model if the sector’s potential is to become a reality, Chinese Ambassador Yang Youming has said. …

Plans are underway for the first ever Trade Expo Africa (TEXA), a B2B trade show, dedicated to African small business owners and business professionals in Houston Texas, in October this …