The President of the Swaziland Federation of Employers and Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mr Ambrose Dlamini, says that Regional Integration will help Africa overcome barriers of trade. Mr. Dlamini said that Africa with five regional economic communities envisions herself as net exporter of food to the global market...

ECONOMIC Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), recently conducted a two-day capacity building workshop for agro inputs dealers in Nigeria on the collection of agri inputs prices for its market information initiative called Agricultural Information Systems (AGRIS), a system that will provide timely information on agri-inputs with the objective to empower agro dealers and farmers in the region to make informed decisions on what agri-inputs to buy and where to buy them...

GENEVA, Switzerland – Pakistan’s floods, the worst natural disaster in recent memory, have the potential to spark a series of crises that could affect large parts of the world, illustrating perhaps better than ever the political and economic consequences of climate change, analysts and international aid groups say...