Director-General cites concerns with pace of negotiations as chairs report on state of play (WTO) A meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 1 October provided WTO members with an ...

On a year-on-year basis, export flows for August 2026 of R181.8 billion were 6.4% higher compared to R170.8 billion recorded in August 2025. Import flows were lower by 4.2%, having decreased from R168 ...

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. Once in force, the Protocol will be an ...

tralac, in collaboration with the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), Ministry of Investments, Trade & Industry, Kenya and IDRC, co-hosted an AfCFTA ...

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 ...

Only 19% of Intra-Africa Routes Are Serviced by Direct Flights. This Airport Could Change That Last year, South Africa’s bustling Cape Town International Airport reported a reco ...

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...

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tralac Alumnus, Senior Assistant Director, Corporate Communications, Micro Small Enterprise Authority.

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, ...

Paulina Mbala Elago is a Namibian National with over 20 years of professional experience in international trade, primarily trade policy, regional integration, trade facilitation, investment ...