The outlook is positive and the authorities are maintaining the course on policy and reform implementation, although considerable challenges remain to achieve high and inclusive growth. (Image source: Michał Huniewicz/Flickr)

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review of the three-year arrangement with Mauritania under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for US$164.4mn

South Africa seeks to attract more Chinese investment for the development of SEZs. (Image source: Henn Architekten/Wikimedia Commons)

A South African delegation comprising government officials from the Department of Trade and Industry and representatives of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has arrived in China for the SEZ Investment Roadshow taking place from 28-30 May 2018

The aim is to increase the trade relation between the UK and Africa. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)

Steve Gray will be taking up office at the British High Commission in Accra as the UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) country manager, to strengthen trade relations between Ghana and the UK

The SEZ will contribute enormously to the country’s national gross domestic product once fully operational. (Image source: Frans de Wit/Flickr)

The Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) has signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) and a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with nine Chinese companies who will invest more than US$10bn in the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ)