The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, participated in the inaugural Africa Forward Summit 2026 held from 11 to 12 May 2026 ...

South Africa is four months into the country’s electricity market transition – widely regarded as the most important economic reform since 1994 – but the process is already at a crossroads. The ...

Malawi is a land-locked country in Southern Africa with operational Simplified Trade Regimes (STRs) with four neighbouring countries: Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. At the regional level, ...

Evidence from firm-level survey data on barriers to regional trade participation reveals that among women-led non-users of AfCFTA preferences, the main reason is simply not knowing that the Agreement ...

Just 11% of South African goods exports are women-driven. This share has been shrinking over the past 20 years as historically male-intensive sectors have grown while female-intensive sectors have ...

Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade is the legal instrument designed for advancing the participation of women and youth in intra-African trade and integration. The Protocol is not yet in force. This ...

South Africa misses out on billions in shipping revenue as Strait of Hormuz disruption drives Cape of Good Hope traffic surge (Business Insider Africa) South Africa is failing to monetise a surge in ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is flagship project of the African Union’s ...

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South Africa is confronting an increasingly unpredictable global trading environment marked by rising protectionism, geopolitical tensions and shifting alliances, Parliament heard during a detailed ...