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 ...

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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 ...

President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum entitled “ Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs ” that directed a review of the “non-reciprocal trading practices” by other nations and how they are related to ...

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 ...

Media Statement: Agriculture Committee Briefed on Implementation of Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (Parliament of South Africa) The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture received a briefing ...

South Africa’s patchwork climate plans risk widening inequality (Context) Inconsistent government and corporate climate strategies may see poorer regions left behind in the transition away from ...

Report The tralac 2025 Annual Conference, held under the theme “Advancing African Integration in a Fragmenting Global Trade Order”, took place on 15-16 May 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference ...

Panellists discuss local business environment amid Budget speech postponement (Engineering News) Following the postponement of the Budget speech from February 19 to March 12, panellists at the PwC ...

South Africa Can Fix Backlogged Ports in a Year, Minister Says (Bloomberg) South Africa‘s ports — ranked among the world’s worst — are improving and State-owned operator Transnet will fix them within ...

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 ...

Global economy G-7 trade ministers pledge to boost supply chain resiliency (Kyodo News Plus) Trade ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies agreed Thursday to bolster supply chain ...