NASSAU, The Bahamas  — Trade between Africa and the Caribbean could rise to $1.8 billion per year by 2028 if value addition, trade facilitation and improved logistics are prioritized, according to new research by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).   Current bilateral trade in goods between the two regions is worth […]

Close to 500 people joined in a peaceful march on Saturday April 20th 2024, braved the scorching Caribbean sun as they walked over two hills from Hope Estate to protest the intended sale of the Beauperthuy estate in northern St. Martin.

GREAT BAY, St. Martin –Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, president of the One St. Martin Association (One SXM), was the sole delegate from St. Martin at the BIG international conference on decolonization in New York last week.

On March 21, U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle, alongside Mafia District’s Administrative Secretary, Hon. Olivanus Paul Thomas, commemorated the successful completion of the third phase of the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project to restore these historic Swahili ruins within the Mafia Island archipelago.

The Colectivo Tributo aos Ancestrais PT (Collective Tribute to the Ancestors) in Portugal is hosting a a series of ceremonies in Lisbon between June 23rd and August 8th , in homage of the African Ancestors who fell victim to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The theme of their 5th Ancestral Tribute is the date that Portugal initiated the transatlantic trade in Africans in 1444. 

AMSTERDAM — A group of 35 grassroots organisations and 150 individuals in the Netherlands have sent an urgent letter to Second Chamber, the Municipality of Amsterdam and NiNsee, urging them to have someone else than Speaker of the Second Chamber Martin Bosma attend the Keti Koti/Emancipation Day commemoration in Amsterdam on July 1. 

ABUJA, Nigeria — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from US$20 billion in 2021 to US$40 billion by 2026, Mr. Haytham ElMaayergi, Afreximbank’s Executive Vice President, Global Trade Bank, has said.

On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, successful multicultural entrepreneurs met again during a Caribbean Business Hub business event in the historic building of the Curaçao House, the Office of the Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague.