The governments of Kenya and Kuwait have signed an agreement to avoid double-taxation and to protect foreign investments in the two nations
Economy
Iran aiming to triple trade with African countries by 2018
The Iranian minister for industry, trade and mining has announced that the country will aim to triple its trade with African countries within the next five years
AU leaders to diversify investments as push for free trade zone gains momentum
With nearly one-third of economies across sub-Sahara Africa growing at a rate of more than six per cent this year, African Union leaders have been pushing to diversify investments in pursuit of a continent-wide free trade zone by 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa set to grow at 5.3 per cent in 2014, says World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth may increase to 5.3 per cent next year, with steady private and public investment underpinning the region’s robust performance, according to a World Bank report
Botswana named 'most prosperous country in Africa'
Botswana has been ranked as the most prosperous economy in Africa for the second year in a row in the 2013 Legatum Institute Prosperity Index