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 ...

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 ...

Mining is expected to be a major driver of Africa’s development for the next few years. However, in many African jurisdictions, the industry is far from stable and needs to perform a complicated ...

South Africa needs ambitious reforms to boost productivity and employment (OECD) South Africa has extraordinary growth potential, though low public investment and high costs of doing business have ...

1. BACKGROUND The Trade Law Centre (tralac), a trade-related capacity building organisation based in South Africa, has received core funding support from the Swedish International Development ...

SA’s coal dependency puts economy at risk (New Era) South Africa’s coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and companies seek carbon-free ...

Media Statement: Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition Briefed on the Implementation of Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan (Parliament South Africa) The Portfolio Committee on Trade, ...

Climate Investment Funds approve $2.6bn coal-exit plan for South Africa (Engineering News) A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut its reliance on coal, unlocking up to ...