This trade report reviews US tariff developments in the context of Africa’s AGOA beneficiaries, prospects of AGOA renewal following its expiry at the end of September including December updates, and ...

The editor of a well-known international newspaper recently wrote that 2025 was the year when the ‘existing world order ended’. President Donald Trump ruined the multilateral institutions that existed ...

Speaking ahead of the Prime Minister’s two-day state visit to the African country from December 16 to December 17, Ambassador Rai on Sunday highlighted the two countries’ “long-standing, deep and ...

South Africa set for biggest cash-system overhaul in decades (Engineering News) South Africa’s central bank plans the biggest overhaul of the nation’s cash system in decades, moving to create a ...

Cross-border trade is a source of income and livelihoods for thousands of Africans. Over 70% of cross-border traders are women. In Southern Africa, it is estimated that informal cross border trade ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The release of a Leaders’ Declaration during the G20 Summit, held in Johannesburg at the ...

Freedom of movement is the human engine of Africa’s integration. It deepens social connections, strengthens resilience, and represents a critical component enabling the flow of goods and services ...

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 ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...