Nigeria has been selected as the host country for the 2027 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), with Lagos serving as the host city. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Chairman of IATF2025 Advisory Council, and Former President of Nigeria who made the announcement at the opening of the fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) currently ongoing in…
After a shocking trade on the eve of the NFL regular season, all eyes were on the Dallas Cowboys defense and how they would perform without defensive end Micah Parsons against the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday. After a shoddy start, the Cowboys’ defense actually held their own in a 24-20 loss to the defending champion…
Algiers — The 2027 edition of the largest trade fair in Africa, the Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF), will be hosted by Nigeria, the organisers announced on Thursday in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Nigeria was announced as the host of the 5th edition of the intra-continental trade meeting during the opening of the ongoing…
Jasper James | The Image Bank | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors assessed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting of leaders in Tianjin, with tariff uncertainty weighing on sentiment. This comes after a U.S. federal appeals court on Friday ruled that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal. India markets will…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the twenty world leaders attending a regional security summit in China. Ahead of the annual gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin, Modi is holding talks with China’s president, Xi Jinping. It is Modi’s first time in…
Africa’s continental free trade area offers long-term promise, but expecting it to quickly compensate for US trade losses may be unrealistic. There’s a lot of hype right now about how intra-African trade through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could replace the considerable loss of African exports to the United States (US) precipitated by…
Trade between Africa and Singapore has grown significantly over the past five years, rising by more than 50 per cent and highlighting the strengthening ties between the two regions. Bilateral trade increased from $9.2 billion in 2020 to $13.7 billion in 2024, while Singaporean companies have invested over $20 billion across the continent, Enterprise Singapore,…
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Ghana’s import trade reached over $215 million in 2024. Speaking at the 8th Africa-Singapore Business Forum, the President said trade between Africa and Singapore grew by 50 percent between 2020 and 2024, rising to nearly $14 billion. He noted that West Africa alone accounted for more than half…
67 Cheapside, City of London — Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has concluded GHIBCONVERGE 2025, its flagship thought-leadership and impact forum, after three days of intensive debate on the future of African commodity trade and finance. The event, held in the City of London from 6-8 August 2025, brought together policymakers, financiers, commodity executives, legal specialists,…
Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies,the chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, commemorated annually on 23 August. “It is time to abolish human…
