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 Ministers from the East African Community (EAC) have signed a Cooperation Agreement on Trade Facilitation, Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) with the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael Froman on 26 February, 2015 in Washington, D.C. &n . . .

 Growth in the five East African Community Partner States—Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda—has been robust but uneven, with millions of people left behind in poverty. Women, youth, smallholder farmers, and the poor are not fully represented in policy making or implementa . . .

A GERMAN business delegation led by the head of the German African Business Association, Christoph Kannengiesser, is visiting Zimbabwe on a three day mission beginning Monday October 19, 2015.   According to a statement released by the Germany embassy in Harare, the program of the visit compr . . .

 President Muhammadu Buhari in Paris assured French investors of his administration's commitment to provide a suitable business environment that would boost economic activities and create jobs for the youth.   News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari gave the assurance at a gathe . . .

 The British government has pledged to support Nigeria's effort towards ensuring stability and development with a commitment worth N65 billion.   The country's minister for Africa, Grant Shapps, said on arrival in Abuja on his maiden visit to Nigeria that the two countries would work tog . . .