Avocado sector platform in Uganda to propel growth and unlock global market opportunities
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 30, 2025(News )Public and private stakeholders in Uganda have validated a three-year roadmap to strengthen the avocado sector that will improve productivity, value addition, and export readiness.
Toward a seamless West African economy
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 30, 2025(News )It’s a tall order to promote investment and trade across a region that includes both Nigeria, the biggest economy on the continent, and Liberia – which is among the smallest.
Electronic bills of lading can revolutionize international trade
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 28, 2025(News )Adopting electronic bills of lading offers unprecedented advancements in efficiency, security and sustainability while cutting trade costs and promoting the green economy, a new ITC paper finds.
Trade tensions and rising uncertainty drag global economy towards recession.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 25, 2025(News )UNCTAD expects global growth to slow to 2.3% this year as trade and economic policy uncertainty erode business and investor confidence.
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 22, 2025(News )From protecting the environment to empowering bottom-up innovation and improving livelihoods, efforts are underway to connect the dots and accelerate progress towards prosperity for all.
Global economy under pressure could slow to 2.3%, signals UN Trade and Development.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 16, 2025(News )Stronger policy coordination and regional trade are urgently needed, with the world economy on a recessionary trajectory, driven by escalating trade tensions and persistent uncertainty.
Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing economies – UN trade body
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 14, 2025(News )Already grappling with low growth and mounting uncertainty, vulnerable and small economies, whose activities have a negligible effect on trade deficits, should be exempt from new tariff hikes.
AI market projected to hit $4.8 trillion by 2033, emerging as dominant frontier technology.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADApr 07, 2025(News )AI’s rapid rise risks deepening divides, with development concentrated in major economies and firms. Strategic investment and inclusive global governance are key to ensuring its benefits are widely shared.
Analysing the potential impact of US tariffs on developing countries
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 07, 2025(News )Developing countries face some of the stiffest consequences of the latest round of the United States of America (US) tariffs announced on 2 April.
Ghana and South Africa move to create truly African chocolate
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 03, 2025(ITC News )Ghana is one of the world’s biggest cocoa producers. Traditionally that cocoa is sold cocoa to Europe to create chocolate.