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The Italian export credit agency SACE will join Italian companies on a trade mission, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development and led by Vice Minister Carlo Calenda to Ghana and Ethiopia. Vice Minister Calenda said on Tuesday (December 8) in Rome that the Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE . . .

 Atlas Development & Support Services Limited has announced it has completed its acquisition of East Africa Packaging Holdings Limited Atlas Development aleksandr huntaA glass bottle manufacturing facility will be built 45 km north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The Chancho Project, which will be ro . . .

Kenya's manufacturing sector is set to get a new growth stimulus when an Africa-wide trade pact that could provide access to a big market is implemented.   In June, African leaders signed a 26-nation pact -- the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) -- to create a common market covering half . . .

Happiness Zengeni and Tinashe Makichi Zimbabwe's economic fortunes are set to change dramatically once it is admitted into an exclusive group of countries being targeted by China for investment.   International Co-operation Centre-National Development Reform Commission of China director-gener . . .

 Major plans are underway to boost the capacity of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise players to enable them leverage on the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) through exports to the US market.   Experts say that despite the recent Agoa Extension and Enhancement Act of 201 . . .