For African countries working to improve their trade regimes, this case offers a practical roadmap: decentralize where feasible, build capacity at the front lines, and treat regulatory efficiency as a ...

4th International Finance for Development Conference LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future (UN News) Sevilla: Morocco advocates new global financing approaches ...

Introduction of tariffs timeline After his inauguration as the 47th President of the US, Donald Trump issued just over 200 Executive Orders. They dealt mainly with measures to undo the policies of his ...

Ninth SACU Summit postponed (Informanté) “We regret to inform you that the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, which was scheduled to take place on 27 June 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, has ...

A signs US$1.5 billion loan with World Bank (SAnews) The South African government and the World Bank have signed a US$1.5 billion Development Policy Loan Agreement that will assist in unlocking key ...

SA ratifies landmark women and youth protocol for inclusive trade (SAnews) South Africa has taken a significant step in fostering inclusive growth by officially ratified the ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

South Africa released its pdf Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy (2.23 MB) for public comment on 20 May 2025. It is a polished and insightful document, reflecting the input of ...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, comments on the current electricity crisis in South Africa Perhaps one of the most pressing challenges facing the South African economy in 2015 is maintaining ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is flagship project of the African Union ’s Agenda 2063, a blueprint for attaining inclusive and sustainable development across the continent over the ...

One of the important protocols forming part of the set of agreements within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’). This protocol has the very ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers significant prospects to improve cross-border trade for the entire continent. However, for this to be achieved, supportive national trade ...