Author: GAR STAFF

A new collaboration between UBA and BII targets $80bn financing gap holding back African trade.

Somalia is sharpening its focus on trade-led growth, leveraging its extensive coastline and port infrastructure to expand livestock exports.

Access Bank Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Roosevelt Ogbonna says Africa must move from fragmented corridors to practical trade integration, with finance, infrastructure and payments reform in focus.

Egypt is studying an Africa-focused investment entity to boost agricultural trade, support investors, and strengthen food supply chains.

Nigeria’s NAFDAC says it has updated platforms, procedures and staff preparation ahead of the March 27 launch of the National Single Window for trade and port operations.

At Ghana’s 69th Independence Anniversary event in Lagos, officials used the occasion to press for stronger economic cooperation, investment flows and regional integration with Nigeria.

According to an MSC customer advisory published on 4 March 2026, Mediterranean Shipping Company has introduced a War Risk Surcharge on cargo moving from the Arabian Peninsula to West Africa, East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean Islands due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), Eastern and Southern Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to deepen electricity market integration and expand cross-border power trade.

Ethiopian businesses are preparing to expand trade across the continent as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) opens new opportunities for duty-free commerce.

A legal pivot in Washington is reshaping tariff exposure, raising financing risk for value-added exports and testing Africa’s trade options.