Central African countries were recently urged to align their external trade data classification system, with the 2017 World Customs Organization’s Harmonised System (HS17) for identifying products which will be categorised as ‘free,’ ‘sensitive’ and ‘excluded’ within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regime

The Malian authorities and IMF staff reached a staff-level agreement on a new economic and financial program supported by the extended credit facility (ECF)

Calle Schlettwein, minister of finance of the Republic of Namibia, and Christian Schlaga, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany have signed a financial cooperation agreement on interest-subsidised loans between Germany and Namibia

Botswana economy is moving from resources to knowledge with a common emphasis on human-machine collaborations, high skill levels and information

The African Development Bank (AfDB), Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) held a two-day international workshop in Frankfurt, Germany, to improve participants’ understanding of trade financing in Africa