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 ...

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, ...

tralac offers an internship programme to young African graduates with a background in trade and related disciplines. The internship programme provides interns with an opportunity to gain a better ...

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 ...

Patrick Low, a Kenyan and Spanish national, is a Fellow at the Asia Global Institute of the University of Hong Kong and a Senior Adviser for Tulip Consulting. He currently works in an advisory ...

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 ...

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